skyline education foundation australia: creating inclusion and impact virtually
what was the organisation’s challenge?
Skyline Education Foundation Australia supports gifted and academically talented VCE students facing social or economic adversity to become resilient leaders. Like many organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Skyline Foundation needed to pivot its induction program from face-to-face to online. Together with the organisation and our Alkimist community, we used learning experience design methodologies and tools to create inclusion and impact virtually.
how did we solve it?
Using Kaospilot’s Vision Backcasting and learning arches, we designed and delivered two days of engaging and experiential virtual sessions for the high school students. Our focus was on developing Skills, Knowledge, Attitudes and Values (SKAVs), such as self-awareness, community and collaboration, and the mindset for achieving success. As the students began their final two years of high school, the virtual journey centred on the connection over the content.
We took an inclusive approach to promote impact. The high school students had the opportunity to create their own content based on interactive experiences, such as the Music Room inspired by this musical performance.
what were the results?
The learning arches proved to be powerful when combined with the Zoom, Miro, Eventee and Slack platforms. As a result, the high school students gave our virtual sessions a 9/10 Net Promoter Score. We considered this score a huge achievement, given the constraints of virtual and remote content delivery to students who were tired of using Zoom. Together, we positively impacted the learners and solved the organisation’s learning experience design challenge. We were also invited back the following year to redesign the program for face-to-face delivery and develop greater integration between cohorts.
