Where Curiosity Rules, Ventures Thrive,
and Every Learner Charts a Path to Success!
Empowering students through a networked world,
with social media for collaboration, smartphones as tools for discovery, and chatbots as their ever-present allies in creative exploration.
What are Ripples@Work
Learning Ventures?
Ripples@Work (R@W) Learning Ventures is a 21st-century–aligned approach to innovative learning that positions students as researchers and skilful agents of their own lives.
R@W Learning Ventures is a multimodal, interdisciplinary, and participatory learning model deeply grounded in digital culture. It can be implemented as a standalone interdisciplinary subject or integrated into existing school curricula.
This learning model is most beneficial for secondary students in Years 9–10, serving either as a preparatory platform for the final years of schooling or as a meaningful framework for students who decide to exit early.
R@W also serves as an excellent, adaptable framework for homeschooling environments.
R@W is composed of several interconnected elements: flexible learning spaces, relational dynamics, innovative teaching strategies, and the thoughtful integration of both analogue and digital tools. These are all supported by robust pedagogical theory and contemporary practice.
At its core, R@W nurtures student agency by fostering five essential 21st-century skills: relational care, critical self-reflection, multimodal communication, ubterdisciplinary collaboration, and DIY creativity.
Our ten-week learning ventures, equivalent to an academic semester, are built on the startup principle of validated learning. This immersive program equips students with the skills to know what to learn and how to leverage their knowledge. Through collaboration and competition with other teams, students produce innovative solutions perfectly suited for the 21st-century knowledge economy.
Watch the video to learn how the program works!
Contact us before our free Early Adopters program finishes!
📧 lena.redman@ripplesatwork.net
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
What we offer:
Teacher Training
Embark on a journey of asynchronous professional development series of four 2-hour workshops. These sessions acquaint educators with the R@W pedagogy enabling them to effectively guide students during ventures. Teachers gain insights into the latest teaching strategies and tools, equipping them to not only adapt but also excel in diverse educational environments.
Clear and Comprehensive Contests Structure
Our contests feature a structured, yet comprehensive framework with predefined milestones for teams to achieve. Each milestone unlocks the ability for ongoing knowledge development and enhances interpersonal skills, empowering students to thrive in real-world scenarios.
Distinct Ventures (Contests)
Emulating Real-life Startup Ventures
Dive into our digital realm where teachers can assemble teams of 5-7 students, each assuming roles akin to those found in a startup—such as researcher, influencer, and manager. Choose from a variety of ventures that simulate different types of startups, or request to create your own, offering students a dynamic learning experience.
Access to the R@W Learning Ecosystem
Gain access to our dynamic R@W ecosystem. This includes working both in teams and individually across various digital platforms, as well as our own website-integrated social media network. Thus, experience a contemporary phenomenon of participatory culture — the alternative to consumer culture — where collaboration and individual contributions shape the community.
Continuous Support for Teachers,
Team Leaders and Students
Receive ongoing guidance and support from our team throughout the duration of the contest, ensuring a seamless, enriching, and exciting learning experience for both educators and students.
At Ripples At Work (R@W), we redefine education to equip our youth for the ever-evolving knowledge economy. R@W innovation is built on the interplay of research, design, and startup thinking to cultivate essential skills and individual agency. Students participate in team-based ventures, assuming individually inspired roles like software developers, data analysts, influencers, and product creators. They engage in competitive challenges across various fields. Each project provides an opportunity to apply their knowledge creatively, addressing real-world problems while gaining hands-on experience.
Our unique online platform hosts Venture Hubs, where interdisciplinary teams showcase their innovations to our community, competing for recognition and feedback.
How Students Benefit from Engaging with Ripples@Work Venture Learning
Individual Agency
Innovation Mindset
Essential Skills
Cinematic Folio
Participating in R@W Startup competitions cultivates individual agency by developing an independent system of feedback loops—action, reflection, and readjustment.
This process empowers young people to effectively use their unique strengths within ever-changing life circumstances to achieve their goals.
By simulating real-world scenarios, our startup validated learning principle equips students with the competency to use cutting-edge technology for innovation and self-sufficiency. This empowers them to create new jobs for themselves and others.
R@W serves as a dynamic training ground for the strategic practice of skills highly valued by employers. These skills are actively applied to foster innovation, transforming them into practical capabilities.
In R@W, they include: critical self-reflection, multimodal communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and DIY creativity.
Engagement in the R@W Startup venture results in each student producing a digital multimodal folio.
These folios, demonstrating competencies and skills in simulations that closely mimic real-life situations, speak more effectively than traditional grades or references for college/university applications or job opportunities.
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