The Digital Hub Learning Programme
The Digital Hub Learning Programme offers members of the Dublin 8 community the opportunity to gain IT skills and digital media training. The programme has reached out to local schools, colleges and community groups with projects involving over 12,000 participants to date.
The programme has also developed links beyond the immediate community, connecting with research centres and third-level institutions involved in the digital media sector, such as the National Centre for Technology in Education.
Overseen by the Digital Hub Community Learning Advisory Group, the programme is focusing on two key initiatives right now:
The Future Creators is giving young people the chance to develop digital media skills while exploring their creative potential.
The Schools Broadband Exemplar Project is demonstrating the use of 100MB broadband to its full potential in a local secondary school.
For further information on our Learning Programmes please contact us.
Achievements in learning
Here are some of the other achievements of the Learning Programme to date:
- Reaching over 12,000 participants
- Digital media learning projects in 16 local primary and post-primary schools
- Hosting Irish heats for Dare to be Digital, an international games development competition
- Digital media training in the community through summer projects, community radio and other initiatives
- Digital media showcases, including computer gaming exhibits and mobile media. See our Exhibit programme.
- Establishing the Dare2BDrinkAware film competition for students, with MEAS.
The Learning Programme has been recognised with a number of national awards, including The Allianz Business 2 Arts Award for best business/arts collaboration in the community (June 2004), An Duais Eorpach do Theangacha/European Award for Language (September 2005), and the Best in Podcasting Award for 'Memoirs of Guinness' at the Digital Media Awards 2010 (awarded jointly to Diageo Ireland and Learning at The Digital Hub).
