Comments on: Coworking spaces team with universities to bridge the gap between classroom and practice http://gigaom.com/2012/04/16/coworking-spaces-team-with-universities-to-bridge-the-gap-between-classroom-and-practice/ Wed, 22 May 2013 02:02:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Paul O'Brien http://gigaom.com/2012/04/16/coworking-spaces-team-with-universities-to-bridge-the-gap-between-classroom-and-practice/#comment-832365 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:13:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=511148#comment-832365 Coworking, as a method or industry, can play an important role to help educators improve the path from school to jobs. Strategic partnerships between coworking facilities and higher ed is a good sign that leading higher ed institutions are paying attention and willing to adapt.

Cospace, in Austin (http://cospaceatx.com), has been playing a key role in closing the “skills gap” — the gap between the talent required to bring innovation to market and the actual talent available. Offering two additional experiences beyond traditional coworking, “Build” and “Learn.” “Build”, as in building innovative products and businesses through lean and agile methods; “Learn” as in the skills development and experiential learning to enhance the talent pool for the “Builders” — the entrepreneurs and innovators that meet and work at Cospace.

]]> By: johnsons531 http://gigaom.com/2012/04/16/coworking-spaces-team-with-universities-to-bridge-the-gap-between-classroom-and-practice/#comment-832325 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:05:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=511148#comment-832325 I’m new to the concept of coworking but what comes to mind from this is why just college? What if coworking spaces hosted a high school night where kids could come and do their work in a productive but cool environment. Possibly have a specialist in a subject they could ask for advice or about life and rotate the specialist subject (Math one week, Science the next time). Start the ideas for change with the youth and they’ll carry them through to adulthood and possibly even take the ideas further than you ever imagined.

]]> By: Amanda Coolong http://gigaom.com/2012/04/16/coworking-spaces-team-with-universities-to-bridge-the-gap-between-classroom-and-practice/#comment-831753 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:33:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=511148#comment-831753 Have you seen what Amplify and NextSpace are doing in Venice, CA? http://www.amplify.la/ns/

]]> By: Ralf http://gigaom.com/2012/04/16/coworking-spaces-team-with-universities-to-bridge-the-gap-between-classroom-and-practice/#comment-830885 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:59:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=511148#comment-830885 Excellent arcticle :) We are working on closing the gap between research, and going to market as well here in Dresden, Germany.

The current project has evolved into this https://www.ted.com/conversations/10671/creating_a_startup_accelerator.html

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