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Designing a Future where Learning is a Lifestyle (FutureLearn)

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Designing a Future where Learning is a Lifestyle (FutureLearn)

Learn about Design Thinking with Samsung and discover how we can use tech to help redesign the future of education. Learn how we can reshape education. Education is in a state of flux like never before. After a year of disruptions, it feels more timely than ever for us to reimagine what the future of education could and should look like.

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On this course, you’ll hear from a range of passionate experts from the UK including Dragons’ Den judge, author, and social media entrepreneur Steven Bartlett alongside Ebinehita Iyere (Founder of Milk and Honey Bees), André Anderson (Headmaster of Freedom & Balance) and Jesse Hirsh (Futurist speaker and researcher).

Reflect on education today and how it affects you
On the course, experts will provide an overview of the current education landscape and pose critical questions to explore the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. What role can technology play in enabling a more inclusive and participatory education?
You’ll also be invited to reflect on your own educational journey to discover what proactive role you can play in changing the future of education.

Explore the fundamentals of design thinking to build solutions
Through the course, you’ll also get to grips with the fundamentals of Design Thinking – a non-linear and iterative process used by many technology companies like Samsung to solve problems and create innovative solutions.
From designing your own learning community to overcoming personal barriers to learning, our experts will share their own experiences in building practical solutions.
You’ll come away educated and inspired to drive change for yourselves, your community, and the world.

Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow
This course forms part of Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow programme, offering young people a chance to explore the role tech can play in solving some of society’s biggest issues.
Design the future. No qualifications needed.

What topics will you cover?

  • An introduction to the course from Samsung.
  • An overview of the current educational landscape.
  • The role of technology in transforming education.
  • Examples of inspiring projects and solutions that are redesigning the future of education.
  • Fundamentals of Design Thinking and how to apply it to bring your ideas to life.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Reflect on the current landscape of education and how it relates to you today.
  • Explore the challenges and opportunities that technology brings to redesigning the future of education.
  • Understand the fundamentals and importance of empathetic design thinking.
  • Identify and ideate your own tangible actions and solutions to transform the way we learn.
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