Innovative Learning & Teacher Education Living Lab (IL.TE.LL)

Innovative Learning & Teacher Education Living Lab (IL.TE.LL) is based on a multiple-impact social partnership (MISP) model and is essentially an integration of the Research and Development model that has governed LL’s applied research activities in education technology, and a community engagement model when members involved in the Living Lab established a non- governmental organisation through an entity called Helping Our People. It is based on Whitehead’s education research philosophy for social change through action research and the Living lab paradigm for Teaching and Learning. The MISP model fits in the 4P innovation framework where the Public sector is represented by the University, the Private Sector is represented by Microsoft Indian Ocean and French Pacific, with the People being academics, educators, and Youth volunteers (students). The beneficiaries and the partnerships among these actors are mediated through a collective social movement called Helping Our People. The Research and Development Model (Cycle 1) is based on a practitioner-oriented concept where research and development essentially become the drivers for practice-oriented enquiries to improve teaching and learning systems. It aims at field experimentation to test new practices, which are then formalized into teaching methods that can be cascaded down to educators for classroom application. The educators at the receiving end also become engaged in an action-reflection cycle where the feedback is fed into the system for continuous improvement and refinement of teaching techniques and the application of ICT tools in day-to-day practice.

Areas of work:

• AI and Emerging technologies
• Education and/or vocational training