Technology has profoundly transformed our lives—from the ways we communicate, to how we are entertained and even how we manage our personal finances. When it comes to education, this is not simply a matter of providing every student with a laptop and access to the Internet; a fundamental change is underway in the approach to education as well as the knowledge needed to compete in today’s global economy.

Our strategy is to focus on areas where HP as a company can make the biggest difference. Aligned with our technology and innovation capabilities we empower millions of teachers and students around the world to better succeed in 21st century. Our special areas of focus are:

Transforming STEMx Education

The bar has been raised on the baseline of science, technology, engineering, math, computer science, and other high-tech skills needed to compete and lead in the 21st century. Nations around the world are facing extreme challenges that will require creativity, collaboration, and global literacy to solve.

These critical challenges in education cannot be solved alone. Collaboration between education leaders, institutions and governments is vital to develop classroom and ‘beyond the classroom’ innovations and to scale them for the benefit of many more teachers and students.

HP Catalyst More minds are better than one. That's the idea behind our “Transforming STEMx” initiative, which supports new approaches to STEMx education. We do this through our HP Catalyst Initiative, which brings together organizations from around the world that are passionate about transforming education.

The HP Catalyst Initiative taps into the power of collaboration through a global network of educators whose goal is to transform STEMx teaching and learning—from secondary education through the university level—and inspire students to use their technical ingenuity and creativity to address urgent social challenges.

HP Innovations in Education Funds HP’s Education Innovation Funds are grants given to key educational institutions in China and India with an ambitious goal to bring to life new visions of the classroom and help teachers transform their roles – from content provider and instructor to facilitator, coach and advisor.

HP’s Education Innovation Fund in China includes a $1 million donation to Zhejiang University and the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

HP’s Education Innovation Fund in India includes a $1 million to the Sri Aurobindo Society.

These grants will help ensure that educators will be open for collaboration within and across classrooms, institutions and countries – and that personalized learning approaches will be front and center.

Empowering entrepreneurs For millions around the world, microenterprises and small businesses are the biggest opportunity to create a better future. They are a hotbed of innovation – and technology can bring them the skills they need to realise their dreams.

HP LIFE
HP is equipping entrepreneurs across the world with the capacity to shape a better future. Our HP LIFE e-Learning program offers aspiring entrepreneurs and small business-owners valuable business skills and IT training. Hosted on HP’s converged cloud this interactive, online-learning platform allows people of all ages to learn at their own pace, in their own time – free of charge.

And HP LIFE not only offers e-Learning curriculum, it also serves as a platform for mentoring, networking, and the showcasing of best practices.

Social Innovation Relay Getting young people excited about entrepreneurship is an investment in future job creation. We are using our technology to reach young people everywhere. Together with our partners, we bring them the skills, inspiration and experience that will propel them to becoming the solution-providers and job creators of the future.

Case in point: the Social Innovation Relay. HP teamed up with JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement), to create this worldwide competition which challenges young students, aged 15 through 18, to create innovative business concepts to help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

We also support young people in building entrepreneurship skills through our unique partnership with Junior Achievement® Worldwide.

Personalized Learning

In this new, personalized digital environment, learning can take place anytime -inside or outside the four walls of the classroom. Personalized learning has the potential to truly transform education for students (of all ages) as well as for teachers. Breakthrough ideas and innovations in personalized learning are occurring every day. With this comes the wonderful possibility that success in school will be possible for all students, and all students will have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Two HP initiatives demonstrate personalized learning in action.

LearningMyWay LearningMyWay is a new education solution and approach to learning with an ambitious goal: to transform the way students learn. It uses the power of the cloud, thus eliminating the challenge of purchasing, setting-up, and managing expensive computer systems in schools.

A key feature of LearningMyWay is VideoBook, an innovation from HP Labs India that turns plain text documents into media rich documents – helping to bring subjects to life.

Transforming STEM, empowering entrepreneurs, driving personalized learning. Creative solutions to global challenges.