Hasta La Ideas

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pThe Hochschule Luzern presents a href=”http://www.creativewaves-coten.com/”Creative Waves COTEN/a, a seven week, collaborative project researching service design and its role in higher education. They are currently seeking participants; students, academics and practitioners will each take a different role in the project. The entire collaboration will unfold online via the a href=”http://omnium.net.au/software/”Omnium/a interface. Essays, lectures, and discussion forums will be provided to the participants, who will work in teams./p

pHere’s the brief:blockquote Over the past decade a great deal of attention has been paid to the structure, nature and design of the school curriculum across many countries. In many cases the results have been less than inspiring, if not deeply damaging, especially in the area of the arts. Yet there have been some bright lights, such as Sir Ken Robinson and others, who have passionately argued for a fundamental re-think in the way we educate our children. Whilst this is to be applauded and encouraged, much of this innovative thinking ends at the beginning of higher education. Universities and colleges are under many pressures to be run as profitable businesses, yet with a publicly funded responsibility. Additionally, they tend to be very slow to react to the massive changes sweeping through contemporary culture and, in many cases, have remained structurally the same as they were decades ago. Across Europe, the attempts of the Bologna Process to re-structure and align higher education institutions have ranged from average to disastrous./p

pAn army of politicians, bureaucrats, auditors, managers and administrators have failed to offer an innovative vision for higher educationmdash;we invite you to apply your most innovative design thinking to the problem.br /
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