Creative Waves COTEN 2010

CO LEARNING LAB///CL²
Open source learning platform

The CO LEARNING LAB - CL² shall enable students enrolled at universities to start, organize and work on extracurricular projects. It is targeted at students who want to self-organize an addition to their learning experience and would like to contribute to a platform where they can socialize, inform and plan projects that cross borders, geographically, culturally and disciplinary, inspiring others to join and spark a positive change for a more open, accessible and successful higher education.

The goal is to get people working together in contexts that come closer to a real life experience than what usually happens in the sheltered gardens (or ivory towers) of universities, to share ideas, learn about methods, open up soft skill potentials and introduce new vantage points to build bridges over the gaps between disciplines and faculties.

The final ideas and proposals from COTEN.

In this first activity, participants were asked to research themselves by using a virtual version of a cultural probe. Instead of sending them kits from around the world, they each were set a series of things they should photograph and/or sketch – from dream teachers and learning environments to objects and places that are important to them.

Participants were give the option (because of the personal nature of some of these images) to post these to their team Pin-Up Walls, which are publicly viewable. This gallery is a selection of those posted to the Pin-Up Walls.