Co-design learning, civic and career pathways in Cities of Learning

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In the previous learning playlist “Future makers” you were invited to imagine and build your future learning, civic and career pathways by exploring Global Youth Skills. Another learning playlist “Pathway to Personal Leadership” hopefully prepared you to lead your own path to the future.
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Now we call you to co-design learning, civic and career pathways for young people living in your city or region.
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By completing activities of this learning playlist you will:
research and imagine futures of your city or region;
think of your role in creating futures of learning, civic engagement and careers;
describe scenarios of possible futures;
create activities, playlists and badges for new learning pathways.
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Complete all the activities offered in this learning playlist. Upload your results and thoughts on future skills to collect activity badges. Unlock the top-level badge in this playlist. Check the endorsement section of this badge to learn what you can unlock by presenting this badge to the Network of Cities of Learning partners.
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What is a City of Learning? Whatch this introductory video:
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The Network of Cities of Learning offers this learning pathway within the capacity-building project ‘Youth co-design learning, civic and career pathways’. We are grateful to the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme for co-funding support for this project.
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Credits: cover photo by Brian McGowan on Unsplash 

Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

Co-design pathways: imagine futures of Cities of Learning

Mandatory

25 minutit

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Co-design pathways: future scenarios for Cities of Learning

Valikuline

25 minutit

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Co-design pathways: your role in making the future of Cities of Learning

Mandatory

20 minutit

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Co-design pathways: create activities on Cities of Learning platform

Mandatory

45 minutit

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An activity can be any type of learning experience that you can offer. This can be an event, internship, volunteering, digital experience, project, open space, course or workshop.
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By completing activities people can earn digital Open Badges. Activities can be standalone experiences or combined into playlists - learning, civic and career pathways.
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Follow the steps to create activities. You may use this worksheet to develop your ideas and design activities before uploading them on the platform.
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Think of passions, interests and needs of learners. You may want to revive on skills most needed for the future. Revisit the playlist “Future Makers” to focus on one or more of the areas of Global Youth Skills.
Consider the best activities that learners can undertake to gain skills needed for their present and future learning, civic engagement and careers. You can choose activities that can be offered by your organisation or partners in your city or region. you can always create new activities, if they do not exist yet!
Decide if you want your activities to be publicly accessible by anyone or you want to offer them only to targeted audiences. Cities of Learning promote opportunities that are open, accessible and inclusive for all.
Extend activities with additional content and resources online. You can offer to download worksheets, embed relevant videos, link to external resources.
Add 1 to 3 clear steps on what learners should do and what they can learn and gain by accomplishing this activity.
Prepare learners for adding some evidence of learning. It will help them to enrich badges with evidence.
Here you can find a helpful article on creating an activity on the Cities of Learning platform.
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Watch this vide on how to create an activity on the Cities of Learning platform:
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Source: EU funded capacity building project Digital Generation Youth﻿
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Source: Connected Learning Alliance﻿
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The Network of Cities of Learning offers this learning activity within the capacity-building project ‘Youth co-design learning, civic and career pathways’. We are grateful to the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme for co-funding support for this project.

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Co-design pathways: create activities on Cities of Learning platform Get this badge

This badge is issued for creating and publishing at least one activity on the Cities of Learning platform. The activity can be an event, internship, volunteering, digital experience, project, open space, course or workshop.
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To create and publish an activity, earners of this badge followed thesed steps:
Thought of passions, interests and needs of learners.
Considered the best activities that learners can undertake to gain skills needed for their present and future learning, civic engagement and careers.
Decided if they want activities to be publicly accessible by anyone or offered them only to targeted audiences. 
Extended activities with additional content and resources online.
Add 1 to 3 clear steps on what learners should do and what they can learn and gain by accomplishing an activity.
Prepared learners for adding some evidence of learning.
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The Network of Cities of Learning promotes, offers and endorses this badge.

Ülesanded

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Follow steps to design and create an activity leading to new learning, civic engagement and career pathways in your city or region. Share a link to published activity or at least a print screen of a draft version of it or worksheet with your ideas for an activity. Share your thoughts about designing and creating an activity:
What was the most straightforward/challenging part of this task? 
What did you discover while using the Cities of Learning platform?
What support do you need to publish and promote your activity in your city or region?

Co-design pathways: create a playlist on the Cities of Learning platform

Mandatory

4 tundi

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Co-design pathways - create badges on the Cities of Learning platform

Mandatory

1 tund

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Skills

ESCO

#prepare youth activities

ESCO

#plan youth activities

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#use virtual learning environments

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#plan future needs of resources

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#anticipate future levels of service

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#learning technologies

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#calculate future needs of resources

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#assessment procedures

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#develop youth programmes

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#planning

Activities: 6

Started: 54

Completed playlist: 2

Time to complete: 6 tundi 55 minutit

Organiseerijad

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Badgecraft käitab veebi taristut Õppimise linnade ja regioonide jaoks. Euroopa konsortsium arendab seda platvormi kaasrahastusega Euroopa Liidu programmist Erasmus+.