1. Varis USA 2008 Is Finland Leading the Way to the Creative Knowledge Age? Professor Tapio Varis University of Tampere, Finland Central Connecticut State University, USA, September 12, 2008

2. Varis USA 2008 Light Map: Is there intelligent life somewhere? Finland?

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7. Can we have world-class universities as well as social justice in education? Europe resists US-style college fees but, as Oxford fundraisers know, we need to find that kind of money to compete Timothy Garton Ash The Guardian,The Guardian Thursday May 29 2008

8. Varis USA 2008 Learning at Work: Can We Learn from Global Corporations? (Nokia) The new learning paradigm 70-20-10 formula: 70 % on-the-job 20 % coaching 10 % structured learning deliveries

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11. Finland has been successful in the nearest history in global comparisons. Finland has ranked e.g. The most Competitive country (Growth) in 2004-2006 (World Economic Forum)[1] The world’s least corrupt country (2006, CPI)[2] The world No. 1 in education and vocational training (DAVOS Forum) The top performer in science in OECD/PISA results 2006 was Finland[3] [1] [2] [3] [1][2][3] [1]http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest Press Releases/GCRpressrelease06 [2]http://www.investinfinland.fi/news/2006/en_GB/1164024547380/ [3]http://www.oecd.org/document/22/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39713238_1_1_1_1,00.htm

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15. 2008 Olympics Medal Table 1 China 2 USA 3 Russia 4 Great Britain 5 Germany 6 Australia 7 South Korea 8 Japan 9 Italy 10 France The more you earn, the more you win (medals per capita, per capita GNP)

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17. “The medals are designed with inspiration from "bi", China's ancient jade piece inscribed with dragon pattern. The medals, made of gold and jade, symbolize nobility and virtue and are embodiment of traditional Chinese values of ethics and honor.”

18. Varis USA 2008 “The design of the medals is a result of hard work and enthusiasm of many people.”

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20. www.xiaoyong.com/english.htm

21. Varis USA 2008 Identity for Experience Finland xiaoyong designed the logo and identity design for Experience Finland, a national campaign for promoting Finland in China 2005- 2007.Yong made the calligraphy and logo shows the link of China(traditionally, square symbolizes the land of China, horizon as the Finnish nature)

22. Varis USA 2008 Global Education as a concept (among other things) individual global responsibility and communal global responsibility − the ethic of a world citizen critical and media-critical competences limited resources of the earth education for sustainable development as a component.

23. Varis USA 2008 The Finnish national aim of development is (among other things) to integrate the global education perspective into major lines of education, research, cultural and social policy to step up the practical realisation of global education including teacher education to support research and higher education in global education to support civic organisations and other civil society actors in their work as providers of global education to strengthen partnership between the public administration, business, the media, civic organisations and other civil society actors.

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25. Key Assumptions behind Paradigm Shift (Kaisa Kautto-Koivula et al) Knowledge, Creativity, Innovations Learning as a core process Forerunner country Global University System (GUS) (Dynamo)

26. Varis USA 2008 The Mission of the University (GUS)

27. Varis USA 2008 Global and European Views on New Literacies Global view: One in five adults is without literacy skills, and most are women (UNESCO-EFA) Challenges of vocational education similar in societies of different economic level of development European view: ”a higher degree of media literacy can significantly contribute towards achieving the objectives se for the European Union at the Lisbon European Council in 2000” (COM(2007)833final)

28. Varis USA 2008 The Evolution of Digital Literacy in Europe Phase 1: Access and connectivity Phase 2: Basic internet use and more sophisticated and sustainable digital competences Phase 3: Critical thinking, trust, confidence and multiplatform use - community building (social web)

29. Varis USA 2008 Global expertise Global markets for skills and competences Expertise can be exported anywhere wherever it is in demand Experts can be also recruited from anywhere Virtual empowerment

30. Varis USA 2008 Distributed work Managing distributed work Communication between employees and their managers Problem of supporting continuous learning Learning at work e-solutions

31. Varis USA 2008 New Renaissance Education The study of complexity has brought science closer than ever to art Knowledge has gone through a cycle from non-specialism to specialism, and now back to interdisciplinarity, even transdisciplinarity Art deals with the sensual world (media as the extension of senses) and the holistic concept of human being

32. Varis USA 2008 El mundo en la palma de nuestra mano (Mónica G. Luque)

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