Envisioning the Future of Learning for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Envisioning the Future of Learning for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship outlines the work and findings of the Erasmus+ VISION research project.

Education is changing and teachers and students around the world are reshaping it. This book is designed to help educators, policy makers and stakeholders from industry and society at large navigate the changing landscape of education for creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship (CIE). Built on insights from more than 250 experts, the book presents a learning landscape that captures today’s shifts within CIE education and proposes guidance and potential pathways for those involved in the field.

The book shows that the landscape of education for CIE is influenced by:

• Learning as an immersive experience driven by play and experimentation
• The rise in on the job education and learning by doing as part of life-long upskilling
• Teachers’ roles evolve to be coaches and mentors developing hard and soft skills

Numerous images are included in the book using the technique of visual thinking, stimulating imagination, creativity and innovation.

• Focuses on the increasing importance of immersive learning.
• Includes the findings of more than 130 detailed interviews and 9 workshops.

Kyriaki Papageorgiou is a Marie Curie Fellow at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and a Research Associate at UCLA where she is researching the challenges facing academia, focusing on future alternatives. She has a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, with an emphasis on Science and Technology Studies, from the University of California, Irvine. Kyriaki's research has employed anthropological theories and ethnographic methods to critically examine social, technological and business innovation side-by-side.　She has been particularly interested in the discourses and practices of innovation in tackling big societal challenges, and the emergent role of robotics and AI in transforming work and our daily lives. She is the co-author of ‘Envisioning the Future of Learning for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ and ‘The Future of Learning Playbook’, both published by De Gruyter. Kyriaki is also author of the book ‘Labs for Social Innovation’ supported with funds　by the Robert Bosch Foundation.　

Olga Kokshagina is an Associate Professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at EDHEC Business School in France and an associate researcher at Monash University in Australia. She is a member of the EDHEC Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair and Management in Innovative Health Chair Research Associate. Her research focuses on the areas of strategic management of design, open and radical innovation, entrepreneurship, and the role of digital technologies in transforming the nature of work. She holds a PhD in management science from Mines Paris PSL Research University. Olga has delivered training and consulted a variety of organizations such as Danone, Airbus, Society Generale, Schneider Electric, Technip FMC, Accenture and STMicroelectronics in Europe and Australia. She is a member of the French Digital Council (CNNUM) and co-author of ‘The Radical Innovation Playbook’ and ‘Envisioning the Future of Learning for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ published by De Gruyter.