Exchange Dublin

Learn Something; Share Something; Do Something

Open Learning Ireland

Please note - This event is being held in Earlsford Court on October 15th & 16th - if you'd like to participate please emaill openlearningireland@gmail.com for a free ticket. Let us know your name, email, contribution and the day(s) you'd like to attend.

As part of the Office of Non-Compliance at Dublin Contemporary 2011 we are offering a free, two day Dublin unskool. “Learn Something; Share Something; Do Something” is an experiment in letting people learn from one another, at their own pace, in a relaxed and inspiring environment. We’ll be tossing aside conventional hierarchical educational methods, and creating a new kind of campus full of arts and crafts, traditional and electronic musical instruments, books, articles, science experiments, discussions and workshops. There’ll be mini-workshops, talks and activities throughout the day, and everything is free.

Open Learning Ireland are a group of academics, hackers, writers, and artists looking to explore alternatives to traditional education. We’re are creating a space for learning, a place where knowledge, skills and ideas can be actively shared.

By creating an open, active learning space we will explore alternative mechanisms of social learning and peer skill sharing which take the teacher out of the equation.In Ireland we are constantly told that education is a mechanism for producing ‘skilled workers’ for the ‘knowledge economy’. We believe the motivation behind real learning is a joy in the act of learning itself.Isaac Azimov said ‘Any one of us at any time can be educated in any subject that strikes our fancy’: We aim to strike your fancy by making a fun space where play, doing and learning are inseparable.
This one day project is a proof of concept - our ultimate aim is to support the development of permanent academies of self directed learning across the country.So come, bring your instruments, talents, projects, books, anything - Learn Something, Share Something, Do Something.
We have a limited number of free tickets for the event - although we'll also be open to anyone who pays into the full Dublin Contemporary exhibition. If you're interested in participating please send an email to openlearningireland@gmail.com We'd especially like to hear from you if you want to run a workshop of some sort!

Events Calendar

Today

  • Collective Meeting

    • 22 February, 2012
    • 7:00pm
    • Democracy in Action! Weekly meeting for organization and new content to be proposed

  • Yximalloo gig

    • 22 February, 2012
    • 9:30pm

Tomorrow

  • 'Fun and Games' Workshops "Taster Day!"

    • 23 February, 2012
    • 10:30am
    • The ‘Fun and Games’ FREE “Taster Day” will act as an introduction to The ‘Fun and Games’ workshops that will be running in The Exchange from Monday 5th March onwards. They are as follows: Mondays – Workshop 1. Arts & Crafts: make and do fun, straight out of after-school television. Think Art Attack with a sprinkle of Blue Peter. Tuesdays - Workshop 2. Drama Games for Non-Actors: a series of entertaining and challenging games designed to allow anyone to access their spontaneous, creative side. Wednesdays - Workshop 3.Mixed Bag: A selection of schoolyard, party and board games played in a structured yet fun, and inclusive environment. The day will involve a combination of elements from all three workshops. Participants will be given the opportunity to get a glimpse of each and see what tickles their fancy! Each workshop will take place one day a week over a 4 week period. Alternatively, there is also the option available to be daring and sign up for one entire 3day fun filled week, and experience them all! We feel that adults often deny themselves the opportunity to simply let go and play, and so miss out on the joys and simple pleasures that can be experienced through engagement in play activity. We hope that our workshops will encourage adults to change their mind set to believe that “you are never too grown up to play!"

  • Millenium Development Goals - Girl Guides

    • 23 February, 2012
    • 4:00pm

  • MDGGG

    • 23 February, 2012
    • all day

This Week

  • Worksearch 2.0

    • 24 February, 2012
    • 10:00am

  • Millenium Development Goals Girl Guides Exhibition

    • 24 February, 2012
    • 5:00pm

  • Sacred Harp

    • 24 February, 2012
    • 7:00pm

  • Millenium Development Goals - Girl Guides

    • 25 February, 2012
    • 11:00am

  • Shamaballah Tribal Community Gatherings

    • 25 February, 2012
    • 5:00pm

  • Millenium Development Goals - Girl Guides

    • 26 February, 2012
    • 11:00am

  • Tango

    • 26 February, 2012
    • 5:00pm

This Month

  • Exchange Focus

    • 27 February, 2012
    • 8:00pm
    • Collaborative photography group, doing workshops and tutorials in technique.

  • Unit-1

    • 28 February, 2012
    • 3:00pm

  • Hugh O' Donnell -performance art

    • 29 February, 2012
    • 1:00pm

  • Collective Meeting

    • 29 February, 2012
    • 7:00pm
    • Democracy in Action! Weekly meeting for organization and new content to be proposed

  • Yximalloo gig

    • 29 February, 2012
    • 9:30pm

Other

  • Worksearch 2.0

    • 2 March, 2012
    • 10:00am

  • Simon Community Service Users Development Group

    • 2 March, 2012
    • 2:00pm

  • Sacred Harp

    • 2 March, 2012
    • 7:00pm

  • Fighting Game Tournament

    • 3 March, 2012
    • 10:00am

  • Knowledge Exchange

    • 4 March, 2012
    • 12:30pm

  • Tango

    • 4 March, 2012
    • 5:00pm

  • 'Fun and Games' Workshops

    • 5 March, 2012
    • 10:30am
    • There are three different 'Fun and Games' workshops available to choose from, each taking place one day a week over a 4 week period. Alternatively, there is also the option available to be daring and sign up for one entire 3day fun filled week, and experience them all! Mondays – Workshop 1. Arts & Crafts: make and do fun, straight out of after-school television. Think Art Attack with a sprinkle of Blue Peter. Tuesdays - Workshop 2. Drama Games for Non-Actors: a series of entertaining and challenging games designed to allow anyone to access their spontaneous, creative side. Wednesdays - Workshop 3.Mixed Bag: A selection of schoolyard, party and board games played in a structured yet fun, and inclusive environment. We feel that adults often deny themselves the opportunity to simply let go and play, and so miss out on the joys and simple pleasures that can be experienced through engagement in play activity. We hope that our workshops will encourage adults to change their mind set to believe that “you are never too grown up to play!"

  • Exchange Focus

    • 5 March, 2012
    • 8:00pm
    • Collaborative photography group, doing workshops and tutorials in technique.

  • Fabian's exhibition

    • 5 March, 2012
    • all day

  • 'Fun and Games' Workshops

    • 6 March, 2012
    • 10:30am
    • There are three different 'Fun and Games' workshops available to choose from, each taking place one day a week over a 4 week period. Alternatively, there is also the option available to be daring and sign up for one entire 3day fun filled week, and experience them all! Mondays – Workshop 1. Arts & Crafts: make and do fun, straight out of after-school television. Think Art Attack with a sprinkle of Blue Peter. Tuesdays - Workshop 2. Drama Games for Non-Actors: a series of entertaining and challenging games designed to allow anyone to access their spontaneous, creative side. Wednesdays - Workshop 3.Mixed Bag: A selection of schoolyard, party and board games played in a structured yet fun, and inclusive environment. We feel that adults often deny themselves the opportunity to simply let go and play, and so miss out on the joys and simple pleasures that can be experienced through engagement in play activity. We hope that our workshops will encourage adults to change their mind set to believe that “you are never too grown up to play!"

  • Contact Improv Dance

    • 6 March, 2012
    • 6:30pm
    • Contact Improvisation Dance Workshops at http://exchangedublin.ie/ -- All welcome 6.30 - 8.30 pm on Tuesdays. CI is an improvised dance form developed in the US in the 1970s by Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Daniel Lepkoff et al. and based on a play with gravity, inertia, momentum. Dublin contact community will facilitate the sessions at the Exchange - participants should work in loose clothing and barefoot. Fergus Byrne - arinja2003@yahoo.com, Tadas Leon - tadas@ces.lt

  • 'Fun and Games' Workshops

    • 7 March, 2012
    • 10:30am
    • There are three different 'Fun and Games' workshops available to choose from, each taking place one day a week over a 4 week period. Alternatively, there is also the option available to be daring and sign up for one entire 3day fun filled week, and experience them all! Mondays – Workshop 1. Arts & Crafts: make and do fun, straight out of after-school television. Think Art Attack with a sprinkle of Blue Peter. Tuesdays - Workshop 2. Drama Games for Non-Actors: a series of entertaining and challenging games designed to allow anyone to access their spontaneous, creative side. Wednesdays - Workshop 3.Mixed Bag: A selection of schoolyard, party and board games played in a structured yet fun, and inclusive environment. We feel that adults often deny themselves the opportunity to simply let go and play, and so miss out on the joys and simple pleasures that can be experienced through engagement in play activity. We hope that our workshops will encourage adults to change their mind set to believe that “you are never too grown up to play!"
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