The World Economic Forum's research reveals that 5 million worldwide people will transfer their business to robots, and start-ups will focus on artificial intelligence and cloud projects up to 2020. In addition, approximately 50 or even 100 billion devices are expected to communicate with each other. In the near future, it is among the responsibilities of the Ministry of National Education to give direction to the innovative studies in this field by taking some fundamental steps from now on. In Europe, some EU countries develop strategies to reflect their national policies about innovative learning spaces, while some countries consider innovative learning spaces as a priority in education. At this point, although there are different practices in this field both in our country and in Europe, there is no standard for creating innovative learning environments. Within the scope of this project, samples of good practices on flexible learning areas in developed countries at European level will be examined. By this means, it is aimed to provide EU level standardized trainings for innovative learning spaces that will be designed as design and skill labs in Turkey.Therefore, the teachers who will develop innovative applications of innovative learning spaces will attend the trainings on 3 main topics: ICT, pedagogy, and space design. European Schoolnet will develop a methodological framework for the purpose of designing the trainings at EU level. University of Lisboa will be responsible for guidelines for teachers, Pedagogische Hochshule will design scenario-based learning activities, YEĞİTEK will develop evaluation scale and design online platform. Also, designing an online training platform for teacher trainings in order to support scenario-based learning in a multi-disciplinary way is one of the main innovative outputs. 11 Pan-European teachers will be trained on multidisciplinary approach of technology, pedagogy and design in the scope of the project. These trainers will provide scenario-based distance teacher- trainings in their own countries on “Designing Future Innovative Learning Spaces” through the platform to be developed. The three main topics of the framework program will be technology, space design and multi-disciplinary pedagogy. Following face-to-face trainings, online trainings will be delivered to 55 Pan-European teachers in Spain, Turkey, and Czech Republic. Those trainers will deliver scenario-based learning on innovative learning spaces to teachers at Pan-European level, reaching minimum 1,750 teachers. For this purpose, it is aimed to receive trainer trainings from the European Schoolnet which has developed a prototype model in order to investigate the good practices in the innovative learning spaces implemented in Europe; and carry out the study visits. Following the trainings, a methodological framework will be developed in order to improve the innovative learning spaces that can be implemented throughout the country. Therefore, sample scenarios for the scenario-based learning studies in the innovative learning spaces and the teacher guidelines for creating scenarios will be prepared by all partners. Moreover a distance learning platform will be developed on EU standards in order to enable these trainings reach a greater audience in both national and European level. This project will supply the need of schools that the innovative learning environments which will be created under the name of design and skill labs will be set up at EU level. Thus, this is an innovative project that associates and accomplishes the implementations in both our country and other partner countries.
Design FILS project promotes innovation and technology-enhanced learning inside schools, classrooms and teachers’ practices. In this sense, we achieved the following objectives by implementing the project: • Promoting collaborative work and professional teaching skills. • Supporting teachers’ acquisition of skills required by the 21st century, such as problem solving, critical thinking, productivity, teamwork and digital skills, in innovative learning environments designed in parallel with the goal of 'transforming knowledge into skills'. • Analyzing good practices and best implementation models on innovative learning spaces involving different stakeholders (teachers, researchers, teachers’ trainers, etc.) at European level. • Developing theoretical background and evidence-based approach for the project and creating “Methodological Framework for Innovative Classroom Trainings” in order to improve the innovative learning spaces that can be implemented throughout EU • Developing strategies and guidelines for pedagogical approach and creating “Guidelines for Trainers” that supports teachers and trainers on how to employ innovative teaching strategies in today’s classrooms, how to effectively embed ICT in it and also how to renovate the spaces in order for the learning and teaching practices that take place in them really presents to be innovative and productive in promoting 21st century skills. • Designing learning and teaching resources and creating sample learning scenarios and activities that will enable the students to deepen in the conceptual learning process. • Supporting real practice by applying these scenarios in innovative learning spaces by strengthening the skills of teachers to develop interdisciplinary learning scenarios with the project partners. • Developing evaluation tools which assess and evaluate the quality of training. • Designing open education platform and provide online training platform for teacher trainings in order to support scenario-based learning in a multi-disciplinary way is one of the main innovative outputs and enable these trainings to reach a greater audience in both national and European level. • Providing EU level standardised trainings for Pan European trainers, national trainers and teachers in innovative learning spaces. • Encouraging the use of innovative educational resources/practices and the creation of inclusive and enriched learning environments. • Supporting the dissemination of good examples and practices in innovative learning spaces within European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan
Design FILS project aims to improve the quality of innovative learning environments, promote the adoption of innovative teaching and learning practices, and restructure teacher training to support the adoption of teaching activities. The project is closely associated with European SchoolNet’s Future Classroom Lab (FCL) model that encourages teachers and trainers to rethink the role of pedagogy, technology and learning space design in their schools. In addition, Design FILS project is also related to another Erasmus+ project, NOVIGADO, the aim of which is to support schools and related stakeholders in the transition from a conventional and teacher-centred classroom into teaching practices that promote active learning with the support of innovative learning environments and use of relevant ICT. The common priorities of these initiatives are to stimulate the adoption of innovative learning practices in innovative learning spaces and contribute to the enhancements in the quality of education in these projects. The most important needs we have addressed are those of students and teachers at schools for innovation. Designing learning environments that go beyond traditional pedagogy and enable students' learning by doing, will support the development of students’ problem-solving ability, critical thinking, productivity, teamwork as well as digital skills, which are defined as basic skills for the 21st century. Moreover, Design FILS project focuses on improving teachers’ professional development on technology-enhanced pedagogy in innovative learning spaces in Design FILS project, which is important to help schools more efficiently use learning spaces for stimulating active learning of students. The main reason why this project is implemented internationally is related to promotion of sharing best practices and lessons-learnt, exchanging different country examples and involving different stakeholders (teachers, researchers, teachers’ trainers, etc.). Within the scope of this project, examples of good practices on innovative learning spaces in Austria, Spain and Türkiye were examined through onsite field visits, as well as the exchange of good practices in Belgium, Czechia and Portugal through virtual learning, teaching and training activities during the Covid period. By analysing best practices, developing outputs based on this practices and organizing Pan-European training contributed to providing EU level standardisation of the trainings in the innovative learning spaces. Therefore, the teachers who will change their teaching practices and methodology of innovative learning spaces attended Design FILS course developed at EU standards thorugh online training platform (intellectual output) , and Design FILS project reached a greater audience in both national and European level.