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“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves”Thomas Edison, Inventor

The Project

Do It Yourself in Education: Expanding Digital Competence To Foster Student Agency And Collaborative Learning (also known as DIYLab) is a project funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission.

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Do It Yourself

DIY, or Do It Yourself, is a philosophy that puts the student at the center of the learning experience, by turning her into the maker of her own learning materials.

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Working with schools

We are a group of three universities and three primary and secondary education schools, from three different European countries: Spain, Finland and the Czech Republic.

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Building for the future

Students will develop their agency, collaboration and digital skills, using the technologies they already have access to today, to make them lifelong and lifewide learners.

Our plan

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Analysis

We started the project analyzing the curriculums of the different countries and schools or universities, and conducting focus groups with students, teachers and parents, to see where DIY can fit in their daily work.

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Training

To prepare the implementation, we will run a series of weekly workshops with teachers to introduce the pedagogical approach we are proposing, and to review and solve the technical issues that they may encounter. The result will be an implementation plan for each school and university.

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Implementation

During the second year of the project each school and university will run a pilot implementation with a group of students. Schools will work with 5th and 9th grade students, while universities will tailor the implementation to any level.

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Evaluation

We will end the project assessing the implementation and proposing improvements for future development, as well as conducting a socio-economic evaluation that highlights the advantages, costs and risks of the DIY approach to education in primary, secondary and higher education.

About us

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University of Oulu

Oulu, Finland

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Charles University

Prague, Czech Republic

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Escola Virolai

Barcelona, Spain

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ZŠ Korunovační

Faculty School

Prague, Czech Republic

Who we are

University of Barcelona

Grup de recerca Esbrina
Juana M. Sancho Gil, Fernando Hernández-Hernández, Cristina Alonso Cano, Joan-Anton Sánchez i Valero, Maria Domingo-Coscollola, Xavier Giró Gràcia, Rachel Fendler, Raquel Miño Puigcercós, Judith Arrazola Carballo, Àngels Armengol Naranjo, Judit Onsès, Anna Majó, José Aurelio Castro Varela, Pablo Rivera Vargas.

University of Oulu

Esa Niemi, Antti Peltonen, Mikko Ojala, Paula Vaskuri.

Charles University

Miroslava Černochová, Tomáš Jeřábek, Irena Fialová, Zuzana Trnková.

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Escola Virolai

Coral Regí Rodriquez, Maria José Miranda Rodríguez, Cristòbal Aviles, Carol de Britos, Maite Sillero, Alex Perez, Paloma Llaquet de Entreambasaguas.

Oulu University Teacher Training School

Kari Kumpulainen, Kerttuli Saajoranta, Seija Blomberg, Pasi Hieta, Terhi Ylöniemi, Heikki Kontturi.

ZŠ Korunovační

Faculty School

Tomáš Komrska, Radomíra Václavíková, Iva Schmittová.

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Documents

Final Report

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Final Report
Public Part

Reports WP10

Reports WP9

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Final management report
Deliverable 9.9

Reports WP6

Reports WP5

Reports WP4

Reports WP2

Reports WP1

WP2 development in Barcelona

DIY and Teacher Education - DIYLab at the Charles University in Prague

Public presentations

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Presentación del DIYLab
Do It Yourself in Education: Expanding Digital Competence To Foster Student Agency And Collaborative Learning. 28 Jornada Internacional DIM – Otoño 2014. Barcelona, 1 de diciembre de 2014.

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DIYLab Poster
Presented to the Annual FERA Conference on Education 2014, Oulu, 20–21st November 2014

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Taking Risks in Qualitative Methods
QUEST- Qualitative Expertise at Southampton University Seminars.
National Centre for Research Methods University of Southampton, June 30th, 2014.

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Envisioning DIY learning in primary and secondary schools
Rethinking Educational Ethnography. Researching on-line communities and interactions. The Fourth Annual Conference. Copenhagen, June 3rd and 4th, 2014.

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DIY Philosophy In School Practice And In Teacher Education
ATEE Annual Conference 2015 in Glagow. August 25th, 2015.

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Leading Accross Borders And Generations
International Leadership Association. 17th Annual Global Conference. October 14-17, 2015. Barcelona, Spain.

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De consumidores a prosumidores. Implicaciones de la cultura digital en la educación artística
I Congreso internacional de educación artística y cultura digital, Lima February 11-13, 2014.

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Do It Yourself in Education (DIYLab): Spanish Higher Education
ECER 2015. Education and transitionl. Budapest, September 7-11, 2015.

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La filosofía DIY en acción. Desarrollo de la competencia digital mediante la colaboración y la reflexión
Sánchez, J.A. & Miño, R. (June 2015)
XXIII Jornadas Universitarias de Tecnología Educativa. JUTE 2015. Badajoz.

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DIY koulussa: Avaimia digitaalisen kompetenssin kehittämiseen (DIY in school: Some keys for developing digital competence)
Paula Vaskuri, Kerttuli Saajoranta, Matti Mikkonen, Terho Granlund, Antti Peltonen, Mikko Ojala ja Terhi Ylöniemi (March 2016)
Online presentation at the Interactive Technology in Education 2016 conference

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DIYLab - experiences of do-it-yourself learning in higher education
Mikko Ojala, Antti Peltonen, Paula Vaskuri
University of Oulu, Extension School TOPIK
Workshop in Peda-forum conference 18.8.2016

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Pedagogy first. From tools to educational visions: The DIYLab project
Juana M. Sancho-Gil, Cristina Alonso-Cano, Judith Arrazola-Carballo
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
ECER, August 2016, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

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Implementing the DiY Philosophy in Primary Classrooms: Possibilities and Tensions
Judit Onsès-Segarra, Universitat de Barcelona; Juana M. Sancho-Gil, Universitat de Barcelona; Maria Domingo-Coscollola, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
ECER, August 2016, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

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What Visual Digital Objects (VDOs), generated under a DIY approach, are telling us about university students’ learning and pedagogical relationships
Fernando Hernández-Hernández, Juana Maria Sancho-Gil, Judit Onsès-Segarra
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
ECER, August 2016, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

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DIY Lab y la innovación docente en la Universidad
Juana M. Sancho Gil, Cristina Alonso Cano
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
XVI Congreso Nacional y VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Pedagogía, June 2016, Madrid, Spain

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DIY Philosophy In School Practice And In Teacher Education
Miroslava Černochová, Tomáš Jeřábek, Petra Vaňková
Charles university in Prague, Faculty of Education
Association for Teacher Education in Europe. 40th Annual Conference 2015, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Koncept A Filozofie Diy V Přípravě Učitelů Na Pedf Uk
Miroslava Černochová, Tomáš Jeřábek, Petra Vaňková
Charles university in Prague, Faculty of Education
DIDAKTIG 2016, Liberec 2.-3. února 2016

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Exploring Creativity and ICT Across Educational Systems: Creativity and Maker Spaces Creativity in Teacher Education
Miroslava Černochová
Charles university in Prague, Faculty of Education
SITE 2016: Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

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The concept of DIY as a base for teaching approach in ICT teacher education how to improve pupils’ digital literacy
Miroslava Černochová
Charles university in Prague, Faculty of Education
WFATE, Barcelona, Spain. April 22-23, 2016

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Implementing the Do It Yourself in Education (DIYLab) Concept in Higher Teacher Education in the Czech Republic
Tomas Jerabek, Miroslava Černochová, Petra Vaňková
Charles university in Prague, Faculty of Education
ECER, August 2016, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

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Repensar l’ensenyament i l’aprenentatge a l’Escola. Aportacions del projecte europeu DIYLab
Paloma Llaquet, Maria José Miranda
Escola Virolai
Fundació Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain. December 2016

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An Action Research Approach to DIY in Education. Expanding Digital Competence to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning
Rachel Fendler, Judith Arrazola, Juana M. Sancho-Gil
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
ECER 2014. Porto (Portugal). September 2-5

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Do It Yourself in Education (DIYLab): Spanish Higher Education
Juana M. Sancho-Gil, Maria Domingo, Raquel Miño
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
ECER 2015. Budapest (Hungary). September 8-11.

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DIYlab: Fostering Digital Competence, Students' Agency, and Learning
Fernando Hernández-Hernández, Juana M. Sancho-Gil, Raquel Miño-Puigcercós
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
AERA 2016. Washington (U.S.A.). April 8-12

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Entornos educativos propiciados por el Do it Yourself
Juana M. Sancho-Gil
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
Jonadas sobre Nuevos entornos de aprendizaje para las artes y la cultura. Valencia, November 24-25, 2016

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Intecambios pedagógicos: repensar lo adquirido para construir experiencias de aprender con sentido
Fernando Hernández-Hernández
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
Jonadas sobre Nuevos entornos de aprendizaje para las artes y la cultura. Valencia, November 24-25, 2016

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Repensar l’ensenyament i l’aprenentatge a la universitat. Aportacions del projecte europeu DIYLab
Cristina Alonso, Raquel Miño, Judit Onsès, Joan-Anton Sánchez, Juana M. Sancho-Gil
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
Seminari de transferència de coneixement. Barcelona, December 12, 2016

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DIYLab en educación primaria y secundaria: metodologías participativas
Maria Domingo, Juana M. Sancho-Gil, Pablo Rivera
Universitat de Barcelona, Grup de recerca Esbrina
XVI Congreso Nacional y VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Pedagogía. Madrid, Spain, June 20-30, 2016

DIYLab Conference in Prague

Focusing on the Learner / International Symposium

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Introducing the DIYLab project
Dr. Fernando Hernández-Hernández. University of Barcelona, Spain (2016)
Focusing on the learner. The Diylab Philosophy at School and University to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning, Barcelona, November 4th, 2016

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Experiences of DIYLab in further practice; DIYLab in multilateral context
Matti Mikkonen, Terho Granlund, Katrimaija Lehtinen-Itälä, Virpi SIvonen-Sankala, Heikki Kontturi, Kerttuli Saajoranta. Teacher Training School in University of Oulu, primary and secondary school, Finland (2016)
Focusing on the learner. The Diylab Philosophy at School and University to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning, Barcelona, November 4th, 2016

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DIYLab as a vehicle for making the shift in teacher education to understanding the role of the learner
Dr. Miroslava Černochová, Dr. Tomáš Jeřábek. Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (2016)
Focusing on the learner. The Diylab Philosophy at School and University to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning, Barcelona, November 4th, 2016

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Implementing DIYLab Philosophy in Primary and Secondary classes: fostering creativity and design- thinking
Robert Pujol, José Luís Touron. Escola Virolai, Barcelona, Spain. (2016)
Focusing on the learner. The Diylab Philosophy at School and University to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning, Barcelona, November 4th, 2016

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Effects of collaborative learning within the DIYLab at Korunovacni primary school
Zora Vašáková, Iva Schmittová, Tomáš Komrska. ZŠ Korunovační, Prague, Czech Republic (2016)
Focusing on the learner. The Diylab Philosophy at School and University to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning, Barcelona, November 4th, 2016

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DIYLab digital objects as ways of reflecting upon learning at the university
Dr. Fernando Hernández-Hernández. University of Barcelona, Spain (2016)
Focusing on the learner. The Diylab Philosophy at School and University to Foster Student Agency and Collaborative Learning, Barcelona, November 4th, 2016

Knowledge Transfer Seminars and Workshops

Articles

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Envisioning DIY learning in primary and secondary schools
Sancho-Gil, J. M., Hernández-Hernández, F. & Fendler, R. (2015)
Seminar.net. International Journal of Media, Technology & Lifelong Learning, Vol 11.-issue 1

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Do It Yourself in education: Leadership for learning across physical and virtual borders
Domingo-Coscollola, M., Arrazola-Carballo, J., and Sancho-Gil, J.M. (2016)
International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 4(1), 5-29. doi: 10.17583/ijelm.2016.1842

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The Socio-Economic Evaluation of a European Project: The DIYLab Case
Sancho-Gil. J. M. & Rivera-Vagas, P. (2016)
Informatics, 3 (13), 1 -17. doi:10.3390/informatics3030013

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Insiders Researching the Constraints (Rigidities) and Flexibilities of their Academic Culture. The University of Barcelona Case
Sancho-Gil, J. M. & Hernández-Hernández, F. (January, 2018)
Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 39, 97-111

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La cultura DIY en educación primaria. Aprendizaje transdisciplinar, colaborativo y compartido en Hub DIYLab
Domingo-Coscollola, M., Onsès-Segarra, J., & Sancho-Gil, J. M. (2018)
Revista de investigación educativa, 36(2), 491-508. doi:10.6018/rie.36.2.304421

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Transforming the teaching and learning culture in higher education from a DIY perspective
Miño-Puigcercós, R., M. Domingo-Coscollola and J. M. Sancho-Gil (In press).
Educación XX1

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Digital Literacy, Creativity, and Autonomous Learning
Černochová, M., Selcuk, H. (2019).
Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies

Cuadernos de Pedagogía

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Lo que nos ha permitido pensar DIYLab
Sancho Gil, J.M.; Hernández-Hernández, F. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 50-53.

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Los labs en las clases de primaria
Onsès, J.; Domingo-Coscollola, M.; Llaquet, P.; Beltran, I. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 54-57.

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La importancia de la reflexión sobre el aprendizaje en secundaria
Miranda, M.J.; Tourón, J.L.; Sancho Gil, J.M. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 58-61.

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Más allá de la docencia: retos en la universidad
Alonso, C.; Miño, R.; Rivera, P.; Sánchez, J.A. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 62-65.

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La formación docente: explorar y aprender juntos
Hernández, F.; Arrazola, J.; Calderón, D. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 66-69.

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Future Factory, un comienzo activo de los universitarios en Finlandia
Hentilä, H.L.; Vaskuri, P. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 70-73.

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Aplicación en el contexto universitario de la República Checa
Černochová, M.; Jeřábek, T.; Vaňková, P. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 74-77.

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Para saber más
Salazar Fornaguera, C. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 78-81.

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DIYLab en la escuela de formación del profesorado de Oulu (Finlandia)
Sivonen-Sankala, V. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 86-88.

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Más allá del DIYLab en el instituto: el proyecto Erasmus+
Lehtinen-Itälä, K. (2017)
Cuadernos de Pedagogía, 483, 89-91.

Books

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La perspectiva DIY en la universidad: ¡hazlo tú mismo y en colaboración!
Hernández-Hernández, F.; Sancho-Gil, J. M. (coord.) (2017)
Editorial Octaedro

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