Understanding polycontextuality through Happy Valley

Understanding polycontextuality through Happy Valley

by amiddlet50

| agency, assemblage theory, being, belonging, boundary crossing, connecting, connectivism, conversation, Digital Placemaking, digital-social age, ecology, experience, experiential learning, hybrid learning space, inclusivity, interactivity, learning ecology, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, liminality, network, networked authorship, networked learning, non-formal learning, place, placemaking, polycontextuality, Presence, situated learning, social, Social Media, social media for learning, space, Syndicated, third place, Third Space
February 26, 2023

The penultimate episode of Happy Valley on BBC TV included a very tense scene that helps to explain polycontextuality and why it is useful for educators. It seems like the whole country was gripped by Happy Valley – a psychologically … Continue reading ?
Read more...
Education as a liminal state

by amiddlet50

| active learning, anxiety, boundaries, boundary crossing, Digital Placemaking, discovery, home, hybrid learning space, in-between, innovation, Learning Space and Place, liminality, networked learning, non-formal learning, polycontextuality, ritual, self-determination, stretch, sublime, Syndicated, threshold concepts
September 18, 2021

I have been reading Thomassen’s (2014) ‘Liminality and the modern: living through the in-between’. Liminality comes up in my work on a daily basis, whether I am thinking about the connections we make through models of hybrid learning, interdisciplinary learning, … Continue reading ?
Read more...
Unified Active Learning – our commitment to #activelearning wherever and however we access learning

by amiddlet50

| active learning, blended learning, challenge, Change, collaborative, design, ecosystem, hybrid learning space, identity, inclusivity, innovation, learner engagement, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, pandemic, placemaking, space, Syndicated, Teaching, UAL, unified active learning
September 1, 2021

I am in reflective mode – it’s summer 2021 and in the West we’re trying to get over the pandemic, catch our breath, and decide what we value, what we have done, what changes will stick. It is both a … Continue reading ?
Read more...
Vertical and horizontal learning networks: implications for #active learning

by amiddlet50

| active learning, boundary crossing, co-operation, co-operative learning, Co-operative pedagogy, collaboration, competition, horizontal networks, hybrid learning space, joint enterprise, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, place, social media for learning, space, studio, Studio and Studio-based Learning, studio-based learning, Syndicated, vertical networks
August 1, 2021

This presentation is useful for thinking about the difference between collaborative and co-operative learning. My interest in social media for learning, studio-based learning, and hybrid learning centres on how people work and learn together. They often return to ‘working alongside’ … Continue reading ?
Read more...
Between states: metaxis, connectedness and fluency

by amiddlet50

| active learning, agency, becoming, being, belonging, boundary crossing, connecting, connectivism, embodiment, engagement, experience, experiential learning, flow, fluency, flux, formal learning, hybrid learning space, hybridity, informal learning, interactivity, interstices, learning ecology, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, liminality, metaxis, networked learning, ontology, permeability, place, placemaking, polycontextuality, Presence, Relationships, self-efficacy, situated learning, social, space, Syndicated, tethering, third place, Third Space
March 13, 2021

Learning, for me, often describes a state of being between. This betweenness may refer to ideas, knowledge and understanding, modalities, or spaces. In this post I examine the nuances of terminology used to describe these states; terminology that goes beyond … Continue reading ?
Read more...
Learning Spaces Iceberg

by amiddlet50

| active learning, adjacent space, agency, becoming, being, belonging, blended learning, connecting, connectivism, Digital Placemaking, digital space, doing, experiential learning, formal learning, friendship, hubs, hybrid learning space, infographic, informal learning, Learning Space and Place, liminality, material space, Media-enhanced learning, non-formal learning, ontology, placemaking, Smart Learning & BYOD, social media for learning, social spaces, spatial literacy, Syndicated, Third Space, timetabling, twalk, zones
October 27, 2020

This infographic represents the complexity of learning space discourse and points to the experiential value of the ‘hidden depths’ where the space is least understood because it is least represented and least visible – who are the advocates for the … Continue reading ?
Read more...
The Connected Classroom – “The Hub of Connectivity” #activelearning #hybridlearning

by amiddlet50

| active learning, authentic learning, blended learning, co-creation, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, conceptual knowledge, connected learning, context, creativity, definition, digifest, Digital Learning, Digital Placemaking, hybrid learning space, hybrid learning studio, hybridity, Ideas, interactivity, learner-generated content, learning environments, learning space, Media-enhanced learning, PhD, place, Possibilities, real world, situated learning, space, studio, Syndicated, Technology, technology-enhanced learning
August 22, 2019

I am preparing a workshop for #ARUDigiFest titled ‘Digital collaborators: developing a digital classroom approach of connected learning’ (Cambridge 9th September and Chelmsford 11th September). Working with my colleague Uwe Richter, we will explore the idea of the digital classroom … Continue reading →
Read more...
Crashing or connecting? Navigating the #twalk boundaries

by amiddlet50

| Academic innovation, active learning, Applied Learning, belonging, blended learning, boundary crossing, connected learning, Digital Placemaking, hybrid learning space, learner engagement, learning space, Possibilities, social media for learning, Syndicated, twalk, twitter, walking
July 6, 2018

The #connectedlearning space, in its many and various meanings, is central to my thinking about the future classroom. This is obviously epitomised in the concept of the #twalk. It was lovely to hear that Alex Spiers was leading a Twalk … Continue reading →
Read more...
Enhanced-learning – a spatial perspective #TEL

by amiddlet50

| #tel, active learning, blended learning, hybrid learning space, learning space, Media-enhanced learning, Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group, Syndicated, technology-enhanced learning
June 14, 2018

I believe there is some confusion about the term technology-enhanced learning (TEL) and in general the idea of enhanced learning. In a recent post on Twitter @alejandro (12/06/18) says, “We should be critical of ‘technology-enhanced’ learning. Default setting: technology enhances things. … Continue reading →
Read more...