What is it about?
Edukata is a proven method to design new school environments and activities. This book chapter explains its origins and how it came into being and what kinds of results can be gained with it.
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Why is it important?
Edukata participatory design is one of the few proven methods of achieving real change in classroom practices. This is the definitive source for Edukata. If you mention Edukata in an academic setting, refer to this book chapter.
Perspectives
I worked with teachers and students from over a dozen European countries for four years, improving upon our research group's participatory design method so it fits better with primary and secondary education teachers. I'm happy that the evaluation work from the 2500 classroom pilots bore fruit and we indeed were successful in kickstarting pedagogic reform in numerous European schools.
Tarmo Toikkanen
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
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This page is a summary of: Designing Edukata, a Participatory Design Model for Creating Learning Activities, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19366-3_3.
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Resources
The whole book
This is the whole book describing other aspects of the iTEC project.
Edukata website
Edukata is a trademarked design method that is publicly and openly available for anyone to use.
Learning Environment research group
Our research group's web site, where you'll find more projects, prototypes, and results in the field of learning and technology.
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