
Awecademy Learning Hub
Wisdom-based Education for Exponential Learners
From September 2020, students from Al Futtaim Education Foundation Schools and Emirati students in the UAE will have an opportunity to participate in the Awecademy Learning Hub. Students enrolled in the programme will be given the opportunity to develop new competencies, future fluencies, advanced skills and powerful values for them to have a positive impact on humanity. Students will spend one day a week at the Innovation Hub, located in Al-Futtaim Headquarters in Dubai Festival City, focusing on solutions-based projects.
Emirati students in the UAE and all students from Al-Futtaim Education Foundation schools are invited to apply to receive a full scholarship to the program. Application deadline is June 26.

Sessions
24 sessions in total

Session 1
- Understand the concept of exponential growth, Moore’s Law and the Law of Accelerating Returns.
- Identify the key exponential technologies disrupting traditional industries.
- Explore the impact of technological automation on the future of work.
- Forecast the jobs, skills, and industries of the future.

Session 7
Public Speaking
- Study the characteristics of effective visual presentations.
- Practice public speaking and improvisation skills.
- Explore effective content delivery, tone, and body language in presentations.
- Examine strategies for story-telling and inspiration

Session 1
- Understand the concept of exponential growth, Moore’s Law and the Law of Accelerating Returns.
- Identify the key exponential technologies disrupting traditional industries.
- Explore the impact of technological automation on the future of work.
- Forecast the jobs, skills, and industries of the future.

Session 7
Public Speaking
- Study the characteristics of effective visual presentations.
- Practice public speaking and improvisation skills.
- Explore effective content delivery, tone, and body language in presentations.
- Examine strategies for story-telling and inspiration
Problem v/s Solution
Traditional schools are obsolete and not fit for purpose. Awecademy prepares learners for an exciting future.
Traditional Schools
School Buildings
Fixed Timetables
Prescribed Curriculum
Single Pathway
Transcript Credentialing
Conventional Thinking
Exam-focused
Industrial-style Learning for
THE PAST
Awecademy
Online & Global
Emergent Schedules
Integrated Curriculum
Multiple Pathways
Blockchain Credentialing
Exponential Thinking
Solution-focused
Personalized Learning for
THE FUTURE
Educational Model
The educational model will be in contrast to traditional industrial-era models. It will be based on:

Cutting edge Core Curriculum
which focuses on future fluencies, powerful values, and core competencies required to contribute to human progress.

Real-world Preparation
to adapt, thrive, and excel in a world of artificial intelligence, automation, and accelerating change.


Innovative Learning Pathways
which allow each learner to receive personalized coaching, guidance, and mentorship aligned to their interests and strengths.

Purpose-driven Accomplishments
as a result of project-based learning, internships, apprenticeships, and solving global grand challenges.
Cognitive Environment
Awecademy’s Learning Hubs are embedded in innovation spaces and futuristic learning ecosystems globally.
This Learning Hub will be based out of the Innovation Hub at the Al-Futtaim Headquarters in Dubai Festival City.
The Al-Futtaim Innovation Hub is a space that facilitates innovation and collaboration across the various verticals, including automotive, financial services, real estate and retail.

Core Curriculum
Learning Pathways
In addition to the programming in all the core topics outlined above, students will have the option of specializing and working on projects in the following pathways, based on their interests:
Exponential Entrepreneurship
Leveraging exponential technologies to solve grand problems

Post-Earth
Preparing for Lunar and Martian colonization and a post-Earth future
Economic & Political Futures
Crypto-currencies and new forms of governance for resource-based economies
Post-A.i. and Automation
Existential Studies, Humanics, Radical Creativity
Global Ethics
Regulations, philosophies, and ethics for future societies
Benefits of the Program
Awecademy’s flexible education model and alternative learning pathways enable learners to move within and across education, training and employment. This flexibility (as a supplement to mainstream education) means that young people can adapt their learning pathway as they go along, to suit their interests and abilities.
1. Cutting-edge core curriculum
which focuses on future fluencies, powerful values, and core competencies required to contribute to human progress.
2. Develop student portfolio
as a result of project-based learning, solving millennial goals, and purpose-driven accomplishments.
3. Innovative learning pathways
which allow each learner to receive personalized coaching, guidance, and mentorship aligned to their interests and strengths.
Outcomes of the Program
- 48 interactive workshops on critical skills, fluencies, and values
- 48 hours of training on an innovative learning pathway of their choice (choice of Exponential Entrepreneurship, Post-Earth, Economic & Political Futures, Post-AI & Automation, & Global Ethics)
- 25 hours of mentorship from industry experts and global leaders
- 1 global solution project
- Multiple guest talks, field studies, & networking events
- Develop innovative and entrepreneurial solutions that are aligned with the UAE National Strategy, the Centennial Plan and Vision 2021.
- Develop critical innovation skills and future fluencies.
- Equip participants with perspectives such as moonshot thinking, abundance mindsets, exponential thinking & big-picture thinking.