The challenge of learning experiences in Living Labs
TIME
11.00 – 12.30, 4 September
GOAL
Identify promising ways to better appreciate how participants learn in living labs.
CHALLENGE
Although living labs are commonly described as learning environments, their success is usually defined in terms of innovative solutions, products, services or interventions. Not of learning goals and pathways. The challenge that will be addressed in this workshop is how to better value learning outcomes in living labs.
OBJECTIVE
The main objective of the workshop is to share experiences with, and practical ideas about living labs as learning spaces for all stakeholders involved – including end-users and citizens.
OUTCOMES
TANGIBLE
Ideally, at the end of the workshop we will have some practical, easy-to-implement ways to strengthen living labs as learning environments.
INTANGIBLE
This workshop will sharpen your thoughts (and perhaps convictions and doubts) about the value and potential of living labs as spaces where people and organisations do learn together.
BRIEF OUTLINE / METHODOLOGY
We would prefer to use an app like Miro to enable all participants to join a quick co-creation process. The workshop will start with a brief introduction of the main challenge illustrated with some experiences from different labs (15 min.). Participants are then invited to explain their own experiences (25 min. max.) followed by a brainstorm using Miro or another application (40 min.). During wrap-up (10 min.) we will have a quick round of final thoughts on issues that require follow-up.
AUDIENCE
This workshop is open to all participants, but is particularly interesting for lab practitioners and for lab researchers with an interest in the learning and educational aspects of living labs.
MAX NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
20
LOGO
FACILITATORS
Martijn Arnoldus
Living Lab Strategist
Martijn Arnoldus
Living Lab StrategistMartijn Arnoldus is currently working as Living Lab Strategist at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands). He is also the founder of Scale Matters, a small company concerned with social innovation, social entrepreneurship and bottom-up innovation.