RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE

Day01. Wednesday, July 07, 13:30-14:00 EDT

The team at DOT & The Future Game has been working for years in disruptive training environments, developing skills that are essential for future generations. This talk will discuss ways to rethink education systems and design learning experiences to better establish futures literacy, using the emerging future to innovate the present, and integrating complexity into our understanding of what it means to be human.

In the last 2020 education may have undergone the greatest revolution in the last 200 years. immersed in a maelstrom of social changes, we find ourselves faced with the need to rethink the entire educational system by force. It is urgent to respond to the demands of childhood and youth, create safe environments where they can participate, and provide them with tools that will help them face the challenges of the future. Demographic data leave them behind in terms of population weight and consequently less weight in collective decisions. Leaving them out of creating the solutions of the future means denying them the power to decide how they want to live. It is necessary that they play the keys to the future without prejudice, completing a curious vision of what it can become. We have to enable education where not only history, what has been learned in the past, and what has been validated occupies all the space. 'Literacy in the future has to enable people (especially young women) to appreciate the world more fully and thus use the emerging future to innovate the present. A step must be taken towards integrating complexity into our understanding of what it means to be human. At DOT & The Future Game, we have been working for years in disruptive training environments with different centers and universities (Mondragon Team Academy, Basque Culinary Center, Barcelona Activa, Innovasturias, University of Salamanca, Francisco de Vitoria University of Madrid, UNICEF; International Labor Organization ...), developing the skills that we believe are essential for future generations. Given the current scenario and seeing the relevant challenges we face, we want to share what we consider to be the essential bases to take into account to design learning experiences.

I'm a Social Innovation consultant & design strategist with +3 years of experience. I guide entrepreneurs and organizations towards positive impact focused on social, environmental, and economic sustainability. I grew up as a professional building my skills around Project Management, Strategic Design, Design Thinking, and Changemaker education, among others. I have been working in different contexts, from corporations to NGO’s, and International Organizations such as Unicef. My role as a design strategist at The Future Game is to design a connected gamified learning experience for the youth, understanding the digital tools, learning formats, and channels that better fit the digital community we are building today. I believe in the potential of futures literacy to cultivate holistic mindsets, long-term approaches, and creative strategies for systemic change. I consider myself a curious, enthusiastic, and resolutive person. I believe in the dialogue between disciplines as a source of innovation, that’s why I enjoy working in the intersections between them to create a product-service systemsthat generate value and solve challenges.

As Creative Director at DOT S.Coop Olatz brings a broad experience in design and branding, having led design projects for clients in sectors including retail, automotive, insurance services, education, and government. Her expertise lies in making ideas tangible through the creation of striking visual representations, adding beauty and meaning to concepts, digital prototypes, storytelling pieces, and innovative products. Olatz’s exciting background in communication and design enables her to digest chaotic briefings and complex projects and translate them into simpler, clearer, and more beautiful stories for companies and users to absorb and engage. Prior to DOT S.Coop, Olatz developed and implemented media content across print and digital media and she was also part of the Impact HUB Brussels team, a center for social innovation where she understood and experienced how to create social impact through media and communication.