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World of Learning LAB (Classroom of the Future)

Germany · Frankfurt am Main · Transnational · See the Germany profile

“Classroom of the Future” is a large-scale LAB for digital skills education based on maker-centered and co-creative pedagogies. As of 2017, it has been extended into a “World of Learning LAB” for all ages. The LABs have been running on an annual basis since 2013 in partnership wi

5,000+ people

Total participants since 2013

7 ministers

Ministers of education among delegations

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: European Learning Industry Group (ELIG.org) — website
Type: Service
Status: Ongoing
Target groups: Marginalised young people and children
People reached: 5000
Period: 2015-01-01
Region (NUTS): DE71
Keywords: digital, skills, learning, for all, education

Context

The 'Classroom of the Future' / 'World of Learning LAB' is an annual digital-skills education event run since 2013 by the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG.org) in partnership with the Frankfurt Book Fair, using maker-centred, co-creative pedagogy workshops covering coding, robotics, media literacy and AR/VR.

Results

Since 2013, more than 5,000 schoolchildren, students, teachers and other visitors — including journalists and political delegations with 7 ministers of education — have taken part.

Implementation

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Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14

Quality score: 72/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

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Evaluation

Evaluated by MEDICI consortium

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level3/5

How novel the approach is, from the source innovation rating (graded 0–5).

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

Whether the initiative is still ongoing rather than ended.

Evaluation evidence0/1

Whether a substantive evaluation of the initiative exists.

Demonstrated reach1/1

Whether the initiative reached a measurable number of people.

Documented learning1/1

Whether transferable lessons learned are documented.

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