The FuturICT education accelerator

Johnson, J; Buckingham Shum, S; Willis, A; Bishop, S; Zamenopoulos, T; Swithenby, S; MacKay, R; Merali, Y; Lorincz, A; Costea, C; Bourgine, P; Lou̧c̃a, J; Kapenieks, A; Kelley, P; Caird, S; Bromley, J; Deakin Crick, R; Goldspink, C; Collet, P; Carbone, A; Helbing, D

The FuturICT education accelerator

Johnson, J Buckingham Shum, S

Willis, A Bishop, S Zamenopoulos, T Swithenby, S MacKay, R Merali, Y Lorincz, A Costea, C Bourgine, P Lou̧c̃a, J Kapenieks, A Kelley, P Caird, S Bromley, J Deakin Crick, R

Goldspink, C

Collet, P Carbone, A Helbing, D

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Citation:: European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 2012, 214 (1), pp. 215 - 243
Issue Date:: 2012-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Johnson, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Buckingham Shum, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6334-7429	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Willis, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bishop, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zamenopoulos, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Swithenby, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	MacKay, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Merali, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lorincz, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Costea, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bourgine, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lou̧c̃a, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kapenieks, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kelley, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Caird, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bromley, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Deakin Crick, R https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-9560	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Goldspink, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9869-560X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Collet, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Carbone, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Helbing, D	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 2012, 214 (1), pp. 215 - 243	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1951-6355	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/137772
dc.description.abstract	Education is a major force for economic and social wellbeing. Despite high aspirations, education at all levels can be expensive and ineffective. Three Grand Challenges are identified: (1) enable people to learn orders of magnitude more effectively, (2) enable people to learn at orders of magnitude less cost, and (3) demonstrate success by exemplary interdisciplinary education in complex systems science. A ten year 'man-on-the-moon' project is proposed in which FuturICT's unique combination of Complexity, Social and Computing Sciences could provide an urgently needed transdisciplinary language for making sense of educational systems. In close dialogue with educational theory and practice, and grounded in the emerging data science and learning analytics paradigms, this will translate into practical tools (both analytical and computational) for researchers, practitioners and leaders; generative principles for resilient educational ecosystems; and innovation for radically scalable, yet personalised, learner engagement and assessment. The proposed Education Accelerator will serve as a 'wind tunnel' for testing these ideas in the context of real educational programmes, with an international virtual campus delivering complex systems education exploiting the new understanding of complex, social, computationally enhanced organisational structure developed within FuturICT. © The Author(s) 2012.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	European Physical Journal: Special Topics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1140/epjst/e2012-01693-0	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Fluids & Plasmas	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Applied Physics	en_US
dc.title	The FuturICT education accelerator	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	214	en_US
utslib.for	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy	en_US
utslib.for	01 Mathematical Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	02 Physical Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Teaching and Learning)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Teaching and Learning)/Connected Intelligence Centre
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Education
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	214	en_US

Abstract:

Education is a major force for economic and social wellbeing. Despite high aspirations, education at all levels can be expensive and ineffective. Three Grand Challenges are identified: (1) enable people to learn orders of magnitude more effectively, (2) enable people to learn at orders of magnitude less cost, and (3) demonstrate success by exemplary interdisciplinary education in complex systems science. A ten year 'man-on-the-moon' project is proposed in which FuturICT's unique combination of Complexity, Social and Computing Sciences could provide an urgently needed transdisciplinary language for making sense of educational systems. In close dialogue with educational theory and practice, and grounded in the emerging data science and learning analytics paradigms, this will translate into practical tools (both analytical and computational) for researchers, practitioners and leaders; generative principles for resilient educational ecosystems; and innovation for radically scalable, yet personalised, learner engagement and assessment. The proposed Education Accelerator will serve as a 'wind tunnel' for testing these ideas in the context of real educational programmes, with an international virtual campus delivering complex systems education exploiting the new understanding of complex, social, computationally enhanced organisational structure developed within FuturICT. © The Author(s) 2012.

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