Beyond Learning
_Cisco

The sharing of learning.

The Spark board as a platform for collaborative learning experiences, where every individual can learn from each other. No longer a mere acquisition of information, future learning will become a process of sharing experiences, where individuals learn from other people's journeys and knowledge. Three envisioned scenarios leverage the potential of the Spark Board: learning by collaborative practice, through augmented reality; learning by immersion, through virtual reality; learning by mistakes, through collective troubleshooting sessions.

#learning by sharing
#learning by collaborative experience
#learning by reciprocal exchange 

A new form of school

If we consider the future technologies that transform learning, what would they look like? 

The Spark Board as an opportunity to define a new pedagogical paradigm. From the static, centripetal system of the school of today to the idea of a dynamic, centrifugal engine of knowledge acquisition. Lessons will become exploration missions in the external environment, in which the students’ task is to reach specific places for receiving on-site specific learning experiences through augmented reality tools; leveraging the use of the Spark Board for the supervision and coordination of the operations. 

#a new learning paradigm
#learning by exploration
#learning by direct experience
#learning by augmented experience 

For a new learning methodology

The Sparkboard as an opportunity to introduce a new learning system in the school, based on a 2-steps, team-based, peer-to-peer methodology: in the first step, the teacher divides a learning task in different parts and assigns the study of each of them to different students; in the second step - the core learning moment - each student teaches to the other teammates what has learnt independently. Using the special features of the Sparkboard, the acquisition of knowledge becomes a collective, collaborative, not-hierarchical operation, aimed at the achievement of high learning performances and results by all the members of a team, and not only by the single individuals: a methodology that may be as well applied in professional organizations.

#team-based learning
#peer-to-peer learning
#collaborative learning

Digital bottega for digital artisans.

The Spark Board as a tool to generate an entertaining learning environment, like a digital “bottega” (atelier) for a new generation of digital artisans who learn from following the steps of the “maestro” (master). In order to leverage this possibility, the Spark Board functions should be enhanced by the introduction of real-time tracking/mirroring of the master’s actions and a pen with augmented functionality. As well, the Spark Board can be turned into a stage for simultaneous collective performances in remote mode, i.e. the concert of a rock band with each musician broadcasting from di erent places.

#digital bottega for digital
#artisans learning from the master
#learning from entertaining environments
#simultaneous collective performances

Learning by augmented gaming.

The Sparkboard as a key to enter a radically new concept of learning. The future of learning will be based on the coexistence of physical and digital experience, individual and collective requirements, micro and macro information. Teachers will become producers of augmented learning contents, broadcasted to a community of active followers - the students - whose learning experience will be enhanced by telepresence, drones, sparkboards, customized tools for information retrieval and archiviation. The future of learning in schools and orgnizations will be based on collective, interactive, gamified experiences of exploration.

# learning by gaming
# learning by competitive challenges
# learning by taking risks and making mistakes
# drones, telepresence
# augmented learning
# smart learning

Find your own guru&nbsp

The Spark Board as a platform to provide specialized information on-demand, within professional environments, based on a community of experts and consultants, or “gurus”. A social network named Cisco Fire - ignited by the Sparks - connects the speci c learning needs of individuals and teams to the availability of experts and masters, providing their speci c knowledge and experience. A system based on collaboration, sharing, public ratings, and economic evaluation of expertise, that leverages the special features of the Spark Board to explore the possibilities of a network-based market of knowledge; matching o er and demand of tailored learning content on a global scale. 

#versatile specialization
#connecting experience
#human collaboration

A new dimension of art 

The Spark Board as a tool for the invention of a truly new form of contemporary art. As billions of inhabitants of planet Earth are connected to the digital network, billions of people can participate and contribute to the realization of hyper-collective, ever-growing digital artworks. A single Spark Board allows for the creation of the largest artwork in the world. 

#digital art
#new form of art
#hyper-collective artworks&nbsp
#connected planet 

PRODUCT DEFINITION STATEMENT

Skillco is a collaborative learning platform providing an interactive playing experience in Cisco Spark for corporations. Precision teaching is an innovative solution used as a learning method in big companies. People should answer in a limited time to questions on speci c topics. Replaying this process users acquire new knowledge and improve their skills. 

#Critical
#Thinking
#Communication
#Collaboration
#Adaptability
#Problem Solving
#Conflict Resolution
#Creative Thinking
#Leadership

For kids discovering the world

The Spark Board as a tool for co-creation and personalization of educational content for children (3-6 years old). By integrating the functions of the Spark Board with small portable “pinnable” screens equipped with micro-cameras to record signi cant situations and stories, kids can be helped to collectively visualize how growing and living in the world is indeed a continuous learning experience in itself. 

#learning the world
#learning by visual stories co-creation of knowledge personalization of information 

From disability to super-ability

The Spark Board as an opportunity to empower unpaired people to overtake their disabilities and to play active roles in the professional eld, as well as to achieve higher career opportunities.
By the simple integration of a few new features to the Spark Board: an audio assistant tool that turns every text and/ or visuals into a spoken description in real time for blind users; a visual assistant tool that turns every speech into texts in real time for deaf users; and a facial recognition and emotion detection tool that describes vocally to a blind user the expressions of the other people attending a Spark Board meeting.
The Spark Board will become a powerful device of social inclusivity. Any unpaired person will be able to attend and/or to lead collective meetings and thus be fully involved in the active life of an organization or society. 

#social inclusivity
#social responsability
#overtaking disabilities
#new possibilities for disabled people