Friday 06 June 2014 (1000-1230)Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Don't miss out on the event of the year!!!
Book now for the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas Launch.
Full listing of the events so far are on the Emporium Events page.
Tuesday 09 June 2015 - Friday 19 June 2015 #dangeroused
Monday, 24 March 2014
The Invisible Launch
Friday 06 June 2014 (1000-1230)Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Don't miss out on the event of the year!!!
Book now for the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas Launch.
Full listing of the events so far are on the Emporium Events page.
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
The Future of Libraries
Tuesday 17 June 2014 (1830-2030)
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
As part of the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas 2014 and in partnership with The National Library for Scotland and The General Teaching Council for Scotland, Lesley Riddoch will host an informative panel of speakers who will consider 'The Future of Libraries' and ask if they can survive the current technological onslaught.
View further information and book online.
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
As part of the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas 2014 and in partnership with The National Library for Scotland and The General Teaching Council for Scotland, Lesley Riddoch will host an informative panel of speakers who will consider 'The Future of Libraries' and ask if they can survive the current technological onslaught.
View further information and book online.
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
"The Emporium of Dangerous Ideas..encourages radical solutions for improving Scottish education"
"The Emporium of Dangerous Ideas..encourages radical solutions for improving Scottish education" writes Henry Hepburn from TESS, 7 February 2014, and I'm not going to disagree.
Karen Lawson, Curator of Dangerous Ideas and Advisor at College Development Network - developing creativity and innovation.
The article in TESS outlines the different ways that last year's festival impacted on colleges, staff and students focusing attention on the essential elements of interactive, student led learning, risk taking and thinking creatively. He also hints at the days of the danger which will be a feature of this year's Emporium, including an invisible launch, as well as the call for dangerous conversations to take place in inspiring an unusual places. What will your day of danger be?
Karen Lawson, Curator of Dangerous Ideas and Advisor at College Development Network - developing creativity and innovation.
The article in TESS outlines the different ways that last year's festival impacted on colleges, staff and students focusing attention on the essential elements of interactive, student led learning, risk taking and thinking creatively. He also hints at the days of the danger which will be a feature of this year's Emporium, including an invisible launch, as well as the call for dangerous conversations to take place in inspiring an unusual places. What will your day of danger be?
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Dangerous Conversations
Monday 09 June 2014 - Wednesday 18 June 2014
Fancy hosting a 'dangerous conversation' in an exciting location between Monday 09 June 2014 - Wednesday 18 June 2014?
As part of the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas 2014, would you be willing to help organise a conversation about the future of Scottish education in an unusual, exciting or challenging environment? It could be talking timetabling on a train through the Highlands; or debating classroom layout round a campfire; maybe creativity in a castle or lecturing on a mountain peak? The only requirement is that you give partners the chance to talk, think and engage in a space which takes them away from their desks/classrooms.
Building on the success of previous Philosophy Cafes, and Creative Learning Network's Creative Conversations series, we are eager to continue to promote the importance of creative debate and conversation about the future of education.
We aim to have 'dangerous conversation' events across the whole of the country, and we would be delighted if you could host one in an exciting location in your area.
All we ask is that you feedback on the debate, and send some pictures which will be collated into an overall presentation of all of the thoughts, questions and images from across Scotland.
Key questions that are likely to be covered are:
As part of the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas 2014, would you be willing to help organise a conversation about the future of Scottish education in an unusual, exciting or challenging environment? It could be talking timetabling on a train through the Highlands; or debating classroom layout round a campfire; maybe creativity in a castle or lecturing on a mountain peak? The only requirement is that you give partners the chance to talk, think and engage in a space which takes them away from their desks/classrooms.
Building on the success of previous Philosophy Cafes, and Creative Learning Network's Creative Conversations series, we are eager to continue to promote the importance of creative debate and conversation about the future of education.
We aim to have 'dangerous conversation' events across the whole of the country, and we would be delighted if you could host one in an exciting location in your area.
All we ask is that you feedback on the debate, and send some pictures which will be collated into an overall presentation of all of the thoughts, questions and images from across Scotland.
Key questions that are likely to be covered are:
- What will Scottish education look like in the year 2024?
- What is creativity, and what does it mean for us now?
- What is the creative space, and how can it best be used?
- What is the creative lecture, and what is the creative lecturer?
- What is creative learning and what is the creative learning provider?
All we want you to do is sign up as a host, and pitch us the exciting location that will really inspire debate, get people thinking and talking creatively. We hope your event will be arranged and supported through partnerships; however, small amounts of money could be made available if lack of funding is prohibitive. Please include a brief outline of any such requirements you might have.
Please email Karen Lawson your ideas.
Please email Karen Lawson your ideas.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
How Far Has The Axis Shifted - 31st January
The Programme is now up, but here are some danger bites to tempt you. Make sure you book a place: http://bit.ly/1aGXyT0
Danger zones to visit including:
Gaming
This session will consider the current and developing context of games in education and how education can embrace the potential for these environments. We will share highlights from the Festival where participants were encouraged to be as ‘dangerous’ as possible in considering how gaming can influence pedagogy and encourage greater engagement with learning.
Walk on the Wild Side
What happened when a mix of practitioners from education and the arts went walking along the West Highland Way? What ideas have they developed and what have the put into practice? Join participants from the walk to discover what really happened and what dangerous ideas they are working on now.
Adaptive Comparative Judgement
For too long now in education we have been excusing ourselves for not developing creativity, problem solving and collaboration skills because we have no reliable way of capturing and assessing them. Adaptive Comparative Judgement technology can do exactly this. The technology is not about driving forward change within the existing system, it is about embracing radical change in education. This session will share the findings of the Adaptive Comparative Judgement pilot conducted by TAG Assessment and College Development Network after last year’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas. We will share our dangerous plans on how we intend to revolutionise assessment in 2014.
Without Walls – play time!
The vibrant team from the three colleges that now make up Ayrshire College worked the games designer and artist Thom Scullion to host an inspiring event in Dean Park, using ipads and their imagination. Their aim was to work out-with physical and metaphorical walls and to consider the role of play in learning. Members of the team will share their experience and their plans for more dangerous ideas.
Danger zones to visit including:
Gaming
This session will consider the current and developing context of games in education and how education can embrace the potential for these environments. We will share highlights from the Festival where participants were encouraged to be as ‘dangerous’ as possible in considering how gaming can influence pedagogy and encourage greater engagement with learning.
Walk on the Wild Side
What happened when a mix of practitioners from education and the arts went walking along the West Highland Way? What ideas have they developed and what have the put into practice? Join participants from the walk to discover what really happened and what dangerous ideas they are working on now.
Adaptive Comparative Judgement
For too long now in education we have been excusing ourselves for not developing creativity, problem solving and collaboration skills because we have no reliable way of capturing and assessing them. Adaptive Comparative Judgement technology can do exactly this. The technology is not about driving forward change within the existing system, it is about embracing radical change in education. This session will share the findings of the Adaptive Comparative Judgement pilot conducted by TAG Assessment and College Development Network after last year’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas. We will share our dangerous plans on how we intend to revolutionise assessment in 2014.
Without Walls – play time!
The vibrant team from the three colleges that now make up Ayrshire College worked the games designer and artist Thom Scullion to host an inspiring event in Dean Park, using ipads and their imagination. Their aim was to work out-with physical and metaphorical walls and to consider the role of play in learning. Members of the team will share their experience and their plans for more dangerous ideas.
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Why Robert Owen Makes My Heart Sink
Whenever I hear the name Robert Owen my
heart sinks. This isn't so much to do with the reformist
himself, rather the impact he has add on educational visits to New Lanark – of
which I have had five! Two when
studying geography and history at school, one when briefly studying town
planning (I think that visit led to a quick exist from that degree), another
during my social work degree, followed by a visit during my post-grad year studying
leisure , recreation and the heritage industry (strange but true). It was
suggested as a potential place to visit when I was studying for my education
degree, but I declined the coach trip. I
was even there last week for the IRISS Conference, but honestly I could have
led the Annie McLeod Experience tour.
So, I have to confess that when Mark Murphy
@robertowenctr first told me about the Launch of the new Robert Owen Centre for
Educational Change, I had to suppress the fear of another visit to New Lanark,
and then rejoice that it was safely based in Glasgow University. He did look a bit taken aback when I asked
for confirmation that anyone involved with the centre wouldn’t actually have to
go to New Lanark.
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