The Digital Hub’s Learning Programmes in Dublin 8

The Digital Hub and its partners deliver a range of learning programmes and initiatives to young and old alike in Dublin 8 since the establishment of The Digital Hub in 2003.

From activities delivered during class in schools, at The Digital Hub’s Learning Studio to outside school settings for older learners, The Digital Hub has over twenty years’ experience of delivering innovative learning programmes that develop 21st-century and digital skills, empowering people of all ages to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Creative Coding in the Classroom

These 90-minute dynamic workshops are designed to spark curiosity about computer science among primary school students, who can work alone or in pairs to create their own computer game, learning the basics of coding in a fun and accessible way. Creative Coding in the Classroom has already been delivered to 245 third to sixth class students across 15 classes in three Dublin 8 schools this academic year. A further five schools in the area will participate in classes between now and end of term.

The Roblox Rising Producers

Aimed at young users of the highly popular online platform Roblox, The Roblox Rising Producers programme shifts their role from content consumers to confident producers by introducing them to Roblox Studio, the powerful game development engine behind Roblox. There is a strong emphasis on online safety, with each session embedding practical learning on digital resilience. Four local primary schools visit The Digital Hub’s Learning Studio each week to participate in a workshop.

RoboHub Kids

This course introduces primary school children from Dublin 8 to robotics, starting with the question, what is a robot, and then introducing them to engineering concepts essential to robotics. The structure of the programme has been developed and refined over multiple runs.

Earlier versions of the course centred around a single, extended project where students built and programmed a robotic car over several weeks. The current programme builds on that experience by shifting towards a series of stand-alone lessons that still build on each other conceptually, but do not rely on prior sessions to be understood.

This updated structure allows for a broader range of engineering topics to be introduced such as computing, mechanical systems, design and robotics, rather than focusing on a single system in depth. This provides a more balanced introduction to engineering and gives students more opportunities to find areas that interest them.

The programme was most recently delivered to 22 students from a Dublin 8 primary school at The Digital Hub’s Learning Studio.

Other programmes and activities

The Digital Hub is also running The Liber8 Music Project in partnership with BIMM Dublin (for secondary school students), providing space to Teen-Turn for their ongoing programmes (for young females) and The D8 Surfers Club (for older people in the local community) continues to meet weekly at The Learning Studio.

Find out about these and other programmes and activities at https://thedigitalhub.com/programmes/

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Digital Hub Team