LEARNING FUTURES NETWORK


BUILDING DEEP LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS COMMUNITIES



LEARNING FUTURES NETWORK



Building DEEP learning relationships across communities



Curtin University partners with progressive schools, industry, cultural and community organisations to build deep learning relationships with a futures focus.


SCHOOLS APPLY HERE
Other ORGANISATIONS APPLY HERE

"Future public education will require involvement and collaboration among various local, civic, private and nonprofit entities, a concept I like to refer to as 'community entrepreneurship.'"
-- Donald Bren



The story so far



ABOUT THE LEARNING FUTURES NETWORK



The Learning Futures Network is a network of forward-thinking organisations, of both school and non-schools, whose thought leaders who are working together to:

  • Improve outcomes for students and solving the challenges facing a future of life-long learning through powerful and smart use of learning technologies ;
  • Use their collective voice to advance positive change across all sectors of education;
  • Collaborate with businesses, community, government, entrepreneurs, researchers, and leading education thinkers and to advocate, test and assess new future-focussed approaches to teaching and learning

The Learning Futures Network aims to create the social infrastructure, resources and context to develop more authentic and future-aware processes to support transformation and collaboration across student learning, school and staff development, and connections between and across higher education, industry, cultural and community organisations and the public sector.

The Learning Futures Network also provides an avenue for schools to learn about the expectations of higher education, alternative entry pathways, Direct Entry Portfolio processes, teacher professional learning and postgraduate opportunities, and to be more proactive in collaborative engagements with higher education.



Barabási proposes these five (5) laws of success:
1. “Performance drives success, but when performance can’t be measured, networks drive success;
2. Performance is bounded, but success is unbounded;
3. Previous success x fitness = future success;
4. While team success requires diversity and balance, a single individual will receive credit for the group’s achievements;
5. With persistence success can come at any time.” (p. vii, 2018)



BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP



MEMBERSHIP IS FREE





Students



Curtin engages talented young people through the Achievement Centred Engagement for Students program (ACES), which includes workshops, seminars and academies that build skills and strengths in innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.

Students in the ACES program can also build records of achievement that assist in meeting Curtin’s entry requirements, and gain opportunities for accelerated entry into Curtin.

Students often struggle to find connections with topics and approaches provided in regular classroom settings - the Learning Futures Network provides a wider range of interest areas and more challenging opportunities to learn in novel, connected and global ways:

  • A seven-year-long study by Judith Harackiewicz showed that interest predicted long term learning outcomes more accurately than students’ initial grades in a course. In general, writes Harackiewicz, “research has found that interest is a more powerful predictor of future choices than prior achievement or demographic variables.”
  • The research of Paul Silvia suggests that to be interesting, material must be novel, complex, and comprehensible.
  • [from Fortifying Interest in a Distracted World]



Discover alternative pathways to Curtin University here.



Schools



  • Early notices and special invitations to programs and activities for staff and students

  • Recognition of your students’ participation in Achievement Centred Experiences for Students (ACES) Events enabling them to compete for scholarships

  • Involvement in Challenge-Based Learning opportunities

  • Access to Learning Futures staff for Keynotes and Presentations at school events;

  • Invitation to selected events hosted by Curtin’s school partners in the Innovative School Consortium

  • Access to endorsed learning experiences that collect evidence of learning from students that can be applied to scholarship applications under the Scholarships for High Achievement and Performance Engagement (SHAPE) program

  • Co-develop engaging workshops for your staff and students to create new products and to deepen school partnerships;

  • Increased opportunities for collaboration with other schools, industry partners, community and cultural partners

  • Primary schools are welcome to join and we'll continue to find ways to keep you connected.

  • Regional schools can begin to bridge the opportunity gaps and become more connected with others.




Industry/Business



Industry and business engagement in the network provides opportunities for organisations to to raise awareness about workforce expectations, identify future talent and to increase their contributions to education and community through a range of mechanisms.


  • Opportunities to raise awareness of higher education expectations and to play a critical role in identifying future talent for higher education.

  • No cost for membership and participating in the Network.

  • Increased visibility for your programs that increases your profile within the educational and community sectors.

  • Formal recognition that your program provides learners with validated experiences that develop attributes and capabilities of a ‘Curtin Ready’ learner.
  • Participation in your programs qualifies as evidence in Curtin University's Achievement Centred Engagement for Students (ACES) program, which in turn provides alternative pathways to university entry and scholarship opportunities.


Cultural/Community Organisations/Public Sector/Higher Education



Community and cultural engagement in the network provides opportunities for organisations to to raise awareness about workforce expectations, identify future talent and to increase their contributions to education and community through a range of mechanisms.


  • Opportunities to raise awareness of higher education expectations and to play a critical role in identifying future talent for higher education.

  • No cost for membership and participating in the Network.

  • Increased visibility for your programs that increases your profile within the educational and community sectors.

  • Formal recognition that your program provides learners with validated experiences that develop attributes and capabilities of a ‘Curtin Ready’ learner.
  • Participation in your programs qualifies as evidence in Curtin University's Achievement Centred Engagement for Students (ACES) program, which in turn provides alternative pathways to university entry and scholarship opportunities.


HOW DO SCHOOLS JOIN THE NETWORK?



Curtin invites interested schools to become members of the Learning Futures Network by visiting and completing the linked Application Form.


There is no cost for membership.


Fees for programs and events vary according to the organising presenter. Many are free


COMPLETE THE SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION NOW

MEMBERSHIP PROCESS FOR OTHER ORGANSATIONS



Complete the short form below and the Curtin Learning Futures team will contact you about how to proceed with your involvement.


JUMP TO NON-SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP FORM >

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Important information about your privacy

Personal information collected is handled in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles. Further information on privacy at Curtin University is available on the Curtin University privacy web page.

Learning Futures Network established July 2017

Members are encouraged to practice due diligence when engaging with other member organisations. Please report any behaviours contrary to the Networks goals and intentions.