Online communities are shifting our means of learning
Spot on. More people are moving to online environments to create their own learning communities beyond institutional structures, writes Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard.
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Spot on. More people are moving to online environments to create their own learning communities beyond institutional structures, writes Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard.
Student Voice. Doing an Erasmus MA during the pandemic taught Viktoriya Ivanenko that studying online cannot replace engaging with a new culture.
World of research. Irene-Angelica Chounta explores how hackathons and other types of “digital making” can make academic learning a more hands-on experience.
Three Voices. We talked to people involved in maker communities across Europe. Whatever the activity is, being creative together is what really matters.
Editorial. Amid societal and environmental threats, engaging in learning might lose its priority. It is important to keep asking what education can and should offer us.
Oleg Smirnov from the Ukrainian educational NGO IDCIR talks about their work supporting citizens caught in a war.
Editorial. If resilience has been appropriated and misused, it is up to us to reclaim and redefine it.
Spot on. Adult education needs to shift the focus from individual resilience onto multidisciplinary, systemic approaches, writes Björn Wallen.
Feature. With the outbreak of Covid-19, younger and older students in Italy and Slovenia found a suprising solution to isolation: classes outdoors.
Three voices. Meet three Europeans who became outdoor educators through their passion for the people, cultures and the nature of their adopted countries of Spain, Italy and Vietnam.
Feature. Urban gardening has exploded in popularity during the past year. Particularly for people from immigrant backgrounds, community gardens can offer an important space for participation.
Profile. Kate Rawles is a lecturer turned activist who cycled 8,000 miles to raise awareness about the loss of biodiversity.