Glossary

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The Edukata model has a few central concepts that you need to know in order to understand the support materials.

 

Scenarios – Innovative and challenging ideas of what learning and teaching could look like in the future.

Learning Activities – Detailed description of how to perform learning and teaching in the classroom.

Learning Stories – Examples of how a number of learning activities could be used together in a course.

Design Challenges – Circumstances that hinder learning and learning activities, and which can be addressed through designing better activities.

Design Opportunities – Practices or circumstances that support learning and that can be highlighted through learning activities, such as good practices that are in place at the school or classroom.

Useful resources – Tools, services, people, and events that may be useful in carrying out a learning activity.

Facilitator – Person in charge of the design process, and who preferably has experience or training in participatory design methods. Each Edukata process should have one facilitator.

Full-time members – 2-3 people who are committed to the design process and attend workshops and reflections of workshops.

Part-time members – 3-5 people who comment on the design work and participate in workshops or additional Edukata phases.

Badges – Certificates that are awarded for sharing high-quality Learning Activities and for facilitating successful Edukata workshops.

Certified Edukata Facilitators – People trained by experienced Edukata professionals and who have sufficient understanding of participatory design and Edukata to facilitate successful workshops.