What is NEMESIS?
The Project
NEMESIS stands for “Novel Educational Model Enabling Social Innovation Skills” and it is a European project bringing together education and social innovation. NEMESIS represents a new approach towards the attainment of social innovation skills by combining innovative learning models, open technologies, and participatory relations and processes. The objective is to foster entrepreneurial mindsets and creative thinking among primary and secondary students, allowing them to become the social innovators of tomorrow.
Co-creation labs
Co-creation labs are the basis of the NEMESIS educational model, an open environment where different stakeholders gather together with a common goal: collaborate towards the identification of local community based challenges with the potential to be transformed in a project based learning opportunity.
The activities to be carried on the co-creation labs will be based on participatory design techniques. They will be implemented by teachers with the support of the consortium partners. Participants will consist on students, parents, teachers and social innovation practitioners. A specific methodology will be developed and a guide on how to establish a co-creation lab will be published.
The activities to be carried on the co-creation labs will be based on participatory design techniques. They will be implemented by teachers with the support of the consortium partners. Participants will consist on students, parents, teachers and social innovation practitioners. A specific methodology will be developed and a guide on how to establish a co-creation lab will be published.
Design principles
Co-creation of knowledge and collaborative thinking
In the co-creation labs, knowledge emerge from meaningful engagement with others, rather than being defined just by the experts. The model values students’ skills and abilities as much as those of teachers and entrepreneurs.
Social dimension of innovation
Innovation alone is not enough. What matters most is its impact in society. NEMESIS is about stimulating students into become critical thinkers, so to be socially aware and innovative.
Link to real life experiences
Social innovation is about finding creative solutions to community and sustainability challenges. Link with local context is key. NEMESIS promotes a project based learning approach, boosted by the involvement of actual social innovators who can share their own experiences.
In the co-creation labs, knowledge emerge from meaningful engagement with others, rather than being defined just by the experts. The model values students’ skills and abilities as much as those of teachers and entrepreneurs.
Social dimension of innovation
Innovation alone is not enough. What matters most is its impact in society. NEMESIS is about stimulating students into become critical thinkers, so to be socially aware and innovative.
Link to real life experiences
Social innovation is about finding creative solutions to community and sustainability challenges. Link with local context is key. NEMESIS promotes a project based learning approach, boosted by the involvement of actual social innovators who can share their own experiences.
About this MOOC
This Massive Open Online Course will introduce you to Social Innovation in Education by sharing existing NEMESIS projects, familiarising you with the key elements of SIE, providing information, resources and activities that help you engage with SIE, hearing from teachers, School Leaders, Social Innovation Practitioners and NEMESIS project partners and showing you how to implement it in your school or educational setting. There is a partner handbook that goes with this online course - The NEMESIS Replication Handbook. You can access it on this MOOC Platform (as well as resources and lots of other great information about everything NEMESIS) and download it so you can refer to it at any time.
How to take part in the NEMESIS MOOC
1. Register
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