The Virtual Learning Lab brings together a dynamic community of participants and Living Lab experts to facilitate the exchange of knowledge on key elements of Living Labs. This course is designed to fast-track your learning journey through valuable lectures, interactive sessions, a case study approach that connects theory to practice, and engaging hands-on assignments that will help you to actively apply the lessons learnt in specific contexts.
Why join the Learning Lab course
Learn about key components
Join the training to learn about the essence of Living Labs, their key elements and innovation processes
CONNECTING THEORY TO REAL-LIFE SETTING
Expert Living Labs will share their experiences and steps followed throughout their Living Lab journeys
HANDS-ON APPLICATION
The sessions will conclude in actionable work where you will be guided to reflect & consider how these apply to proposed Living Lab cases
FAST-TRACK LEARNING
A holistic overview: key elements of Living Labs through a learning journey approach, including peer-to-peer learning and support
Virtual Learning Lab 2.0
09 April - 11 June 2024
The 10-week Learning Lab Program combines:
- Expert presentations, hands-on co-creative sessions and interactive discussions with real-life case studies
- Hands-on assignments and application of learning materials to proposed Living Lab cases, in between the weekly sessions
- Expert & peer-to-peer support and evaluation, learning from each other while networking
- Dynamic & interactive environment facilitating knowledge exchange in various formats and learning styles!
- Taking the first step in joining the community of Living Labs, interacting with like-minded people and organizations
The program consists of weekly scheduled sessions to attend as well as assignments in between the weekly sessions to apply the learnings in the various cases brought in by a diverse group of participants and experts. Course attendees will also receive a repository of learning materials with e-courses, papers and publications and actionable methods and tools for Living Labs.
This year, the program has new exciting updates. You will work on case studies provided by our trainers and, at the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to participate in three special final sessions: a Mentoring Session, where you will work one-on-one with the trainer who has chosen your particular case study; a Team Work Session, where you will have the whole time of the session to collaborate with your team on your final project; and a Final Session, where you will share your project with other participants and receive final feedback from our trainers.
Curriculum
Not able to join us in April?
The next Virtual Learning Lab will be organized in October 2024. Get in touch with us sending an email at capacitybuilding@enoll.org, and we will reserve a sport for you at the next course, Virtual Learning Lab 2024 Autumn Edition! Please note that the pricing of the course is subject to changes.
Price & timeline
Timeline
Registrations open on 7 February 2024
Places are limited, reserve your spot
Registrations close on 29 March 2024
Places are limited, reserve your spot
09 April 2024 | First live session of the course
Starting date of weekly live sessions & weekly hands-on exercises
11 June 2024 | Closing of the course platform: Virtual Learning Lab - Spring edition
Certificate of Attendance & Certificate of Competence
Not able to join us in April? There will be another session in October 2024
Contact us to reserve your spot
Price
There are three price categories:
1. Individual participants: you can sign-up individually or as a group of maximum 3 participants.
2. Small teams: you can sign-up as a team of 4 up to 7 participants.
3. Large teams: you can sign-up as a team of 8 or more participants.
Please note the rates do not include applicable VAT.
To provide you with the best contents, we will offer you a set of pre-recorded introductory videos created in collaboration with our expert trainers. On top of this, you will be able to receive both a Certificate of Attendance and a Certificate of Competence.
Read our Cancellation Policy here.
STUDENT DISCOUNT
Proof of registration needs to be sent to capacitybuilding@enoll.org
€
475
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For students enrolled in an educational institution
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VAT excluded
The Virtual Learning Lab pricing is subject to change in Autumn 2024.
Are you a member of the European Network of Living Labs?
ENoLL Members receive a discount to the Learning Lab fee. In particular, for all the tickets categories available for this course, ENoLL Effective Members benefit from a 20% discount rate, while ENoLL Adherent Members benefit from a 10% discount rate. Please get in touch with capacitybuilding@enoll.org to receive a special registration link to apply your discount.
Learning Lab participant profiles
The Learning Lab – Day0 training has been up and running since 2017. Profiles of the participants from previous editions include:
Researcher
- Planning to start a Living Lab
- How to apply theory into practice when it comes to setting up a Living Lab
- Learning from successful real-life cases
- Networking with participants and experts
Learning/science center
- Looking for a full overview of Living Lab methodologies…
- …to integrate the model in her existing citizen engagement practices
- Preparing for ENoLL membership application
Living Lab
- Attending Day0 as an onboarding training for his new position in the Living Lab
- Aims to set up a parallel Living Lab in his area in the future
City Representative
- Setting up her city as a Living Lab
- Strengthening her knowledge on Living Labs…
- …to apply for ENoLL membership again
- Boosting her city as a Living Lab in the international context
Industry partner/technology park
- Looking for several real life-cases and methodologies…
- …and hands-on materials…
- …to apply in his own context and local ecosystem
- Aims to connect his ecosystem with European partners
Trainer/speaker
- Trainer on one of the Learning Lab modules
- Looking forward to exchanging & learning from others, too!
(Publicly funded) project partner
- Aiming to support setting up LLs in the project
- Looking for support in Living Lab set up and management, quadruple helix engagement & governance
(European) policy representative
- Attending the training together with the full team…
- …for assessing the feasibility of setting up a Living Lab
- Looking to experience (virtual) co-creation in action
Contact
FAQ
If you pay with credit card, the registration platform (eventbrite) will send a tax invoice automatically for all payments made directly on the website (by credit card, paypal, SOFORT, iDEAL or Bancontact).
You can also choose payment by invoice (bank transfer) in which case you use the same platform (eventbrite) to confirm your registration, and wait for us to send you an invoice for payment. The TAX invoice sent automatically by eventbrite in this case will not be sufficient, please wait for us to contact you with a complete invoice.
All sessions are recorded and available to all participants. The hands-on exercises are provided to all participants to complete between sessions and the course platform is designed to facilitate interaction and networking between participants even outside of the live sessions.
Participation in the live sessions is valuable, but not mandatory.
The Virtual Learning Lab has been built in a way that it is well suited also for participants who can not join the live sessions. We have received very positive feedback from previous course participants who were not able to join any of the live sessions (read our testimonials from previous attendees, above!). Many attendees have to miss a single session here and there, so the online learning materials are well suited for catching up outside of the live sessions. To join the course as a participant not attending in the live sessions please keep in mind the duration of the course – the learning platform will close by the end of the month after the last live session, so you should still keep up with the ‘speed’ of the course, scheduling your own weekly learning times.
The event platform will allow the creation of teams, so rather than participating as an individual you can also participate as a team in the learning journey. This would mean that all of you would be able to join the live sessions – but those who can’t join all sessions will also have access to course materials and recordings in between the sessions. It will also mean that all of you can complete the assignments together as a team, rather than completing the same assignment individually for each person.
Registration to the virtual learning lab is personal: purchase as many tickets through the registration platform as you have persons attending from the team
The weekly sessions are planned as 2,5 hours each, running from 10-12:30 CET every Tuesday. The time spent on learning outside of the live sessions is expected to be between 2 to 3 hours per session including preparatory materials and home assignments: a minimum between 1 to 3 hours should be reserved for individual reflection and the preparation of the session. As such, at minimum, a participant should expect a 3-hour workload on a weekly basis for the duration of the 9 weeks. Some assignments given during the live sessions are not fully completed during the sessions themselves, requiring participants to spend additional time in between live sessions to fully complete hands-on templates in applying the learning in their own case.
In addition to this the course platform offers additional learning materials, so there is plenty of material to spend more time for independent studying. For those looking for an intensive learning journey, the course platform will offer additional course materials (featuring dozens of hours of watching, listening and reading materials to dig deeper into the topic.
If looking to truly build your Living Lab through this course additional time might be necessary to complete the assignments with deep reflection on your own case / within your team, and viewing the additional learning materials on the platform may be especially interesting. Reserve anywhere from 3 to 6 hours weekly for the course (including the 2,5h live sessions), depending on the depth of learning and application to your own Living Lab case that you would like to achieve.
There is no registration deadline – tickets are available in the registration platform until the start of the course. However, a limited number of tickets are available, get yours before they run out!
The certificate of attendance is given to all participants in the course as proof of participation in the course. There are no exams or final scores. Participation in the course is personal, and the certificate of attendance will be provided to the participant personally.
Looking to certify your Living Lab? More information on how to certify your Living Lab here: https://enoll.org/about-us/how-to-become-a-member/
The weekly live sessions are hosted on the call platform “ZOOM”. ZOOM also allows you to join the live sessions from your browser without the need of downloading any additional programs – however, downloading the ZOOM application on your computer is encouraged as this will improve your experience of the session as a participant.
In the Virtual Learning Lab, if you are joining the course together with colleagues you can form a team. A team is made up of minimum 4 participants (if you are joining together with colleagues but have 3 or 2 participants in total, you will join the course as
individuals).
Small teams consist of 4-7 participants. When joining as a team your learning journey will be designed for your team in a way that the assignments during the live sessions will be completed within your team.