2. STEP 1. Identifying our research
support group & research partners AR PLANNING

3. STEP 1. Identifying our research
support group & research partners AR PLANNING
• In the Power Lab • When implementing the
Power Lab:
Design:
– Moderator/facilitator
– Kabua Youngsters – Kabua Youngsters: animators
(Volunteers) – Youngsters from formal, non
formal and informal
– Project Coordinators contexts/institutions
– Pedagogical Experts – Teachers, trainers, social
workers, monitors
– Technological Experts – Research team (4)
– TV3 educational dept. – Responsible of Pedagogical
support

4. STEP 2. Defining a starting point of
our research… AR PLANNING

5. STEP 2. Defining a starting point of
our research… AR PLANNING
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8. STEP 3. Clarifying… AR PLANNING
• Aims:
– Build engaging and challenging learning activities for
diverse groups of youngsters (12-30) through the
development of roles that give them a sense of social
responsibility
– Provide on-line pedagogical support according to
youngsters’ needs (scaffolding), as well as on-line
support on 2.o tools & media

9. STEP 3. Clarifying…
• Aims: AR PLANNING
Scaffolding
Modeling Demonstrate / Demonstrate Autonomous
joint practice / guided practice and
and reflection practice and reflection
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Self-evaluation
Pedagogical support
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10. STEP 3. Clarifying… AR PLANNING
• Aims:
– Develop learning contents on
social problems, social
participation, ethics, politics,
intercultural education…
– Foster the creation of diverse kinds
of 2.0 tools and media that gives
voice to youngsters ideas for
participating in society

11. STEP 3. Clarifying…
• Social situation What does it meanAR PLANNING
What does it mean
to be a youngster in
to be a youngster in
– Discrimination
– Inequity a complex and
a complex and
–… diverse world’
diverse world’
Society
Liquid society
Complexity ICT New training
scenarios
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New Challenges
Uncertainty
Problems Social Networks
analysis
New ways of interpersonal
relationship

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STEP 3. Clarifying… AR PLANNING
• Youngsters’ needs:
– They already have interiorized this new
reality.
– They need tools to cope with this new Who/how are
Who/how are
scenarios and complex realities. nowadays youngsters?
nowadays youngsters?
– They live and interact with the world On what are they
On what are they
through ICT; they were born with them. worried about? What
worried about? What
– They are ‘prosumers‘ of information and do they like?
do they like?
knowledge. Are they committed to
Are they committed to
– They are multitasking. society?
society?
– They expect immediate rewards…

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STEP 3. Clarifying… AR PLANNING
• Youngsters’ needs:
– In the international level, 86% of
15 years old youngsters
frequently use computers at
home (OCDE, 2008)… Who/how are
Who/how are
nowadays youngsters?
nowadays youngsters?
– 92,9% of Spanish youngsters On what are they
On what are they
socially interact through social worried about? What
worried about? What
networks through internet do they like?
do they like?
(Pfizer Foundation, 2009)… Are they committed to
Are they committed to
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society?

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STEP 3. Clarifying… AR PLANNING
• Youngsters’ needs:
Who/how are
Who/how are
nowadays youngsters?
nowadays youngsters?
On what are they
On what are they
worried about? What
worried about? What
do they like?
do they like?
Are they committed to
Are they committed to
society?
society?

15. STEP 3. Clarifying…
• Resources • & Research tools
– OER’s – UNESCO Open – Youngsters research
Educational Resources journal (audiovisual blog)
– TV3 audiovisual resources – PLE (Personal Learning
– 2.0 educational tools Environment)
– Learning activities
designed by youngsters

16. STEP 4. Action strategies…
• Action Plan Kabua
– ELGG social network development – prototype as a demo
– Definition of a sample of youngsters and participant institutions
– Contact agenda with centers for planning the demo of Kabua
– Development of indicators and research instruments
– Diverse media development for project dissemination
– Audiovisual presentation of Kabua Virtual Community to youngsters
– Delivering Kabua Demo during a month or two: 1st AR Cycle
– Moderating, guiding and animating participation and interaction in Kabua
– Applying AR instruments during the process-evaluating our strategies and making
the necessary adjustments to the platform, the content, the materials or whatever
issue that comes out as relevant during the reflection-evaluation in the action.