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  2. amiddlet50

    Transparency, turbulence, ambiguity and uncertainty in #activelearning

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    | #learning, active learning, agency, art, becoming, being, belonging, challenge, clarity, co-creation, co-operation, co-operative learning, communities of practice, connecting, creativity, doing, embodiment, experience, experiential learning, formal learning, identity, learner engagement, learning ecology, learning environments, motivation, non-formal learning, ontology, place, placemaking, Presence, scaffolding, self-efficacy, skills, space, studio, studio for all, Syndicated, Teaching, technique, Technology, tutoring
    August 30, 2021
    “One student’s safe uncertainty is another student’s chaotic nightmare.” (Orr & Shreeve, 2018) Based on research I conducted with others into student satisfaction of learning (Heaton et al., 2015), being clear with students about what is expected of them has … Continue reading ?
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  3. amiddlet50

    Photopedagogy and photovoice

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    | Academic innovation, Academic Innovation and Possibilities, active learning, agency, audio, audio-enhanced learning, belonging, BYOD4L, capture, co-production, community, connectivity, creativity, Digital Placemaking, learner engagement, learner gatherer, learning ecologies, learning ecology, Learning Space and Place, location, Media-enhanced learning, mobile learning, photo elicitation, photograph, photography, photomontage, photopedagogy, photovoice, place, portfolio, screen-based learning, Smart Learning & BYOD, smartphone, social media for learning, Syndicated, ubiquitous technolous, user producer
    August 14, 2021
    Loopmans et al. (2012) observe that photographs incite public debate about place and community. When that public context is the university course and where there is a desire for learning engagement and community building, how can photography empower the learner? … Continue reading ?
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  4. amiddlet50

    Between states: metaxis, connectedness and fluency

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    | 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 ?
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    Mapping my learning: visualising not just being visual

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    | active learning, art, assemblage theory, Co-operative pedagogy, ecology, ecosystem, identity, learner engagement, learning ecology, Learning Space and Place, map, mapping, navigation, negotiated learning, negotiation, social construction, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Syndicated, walking
    January 30, 2021
    A few posts ago I thought through some ideas about using metaphorical maps as a way of navigating learning. I want to pursue this here to discover further intersections and connections, especially as we gear up for the collaborative inquiry … Continue reading ?
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    Revisting the 5Cs to discover value for different times

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    | active learning, belonging, BYOD, BYOD4L, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, collaboration, Communication, connectivism, creativity, curation, ecology, learning ecology, Learning Space and Place, MELSIG, place, Smart Learning & BYOD, Social Media, social media for learning, Syndicated
    January 16, 2021
    I have had an immense feeling of warmth and solidarity this evening as good thoughts and memories have been triggered by Sheila’s post on How Sheila Sees It ‘Bring your own device for learning or bringing learning to your device?’ … Continue reading ?
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    The problem with communities… a consideration of alternatives

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    | active learning, affinity spaces, assemblage theory, belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, communities of practice, creativity, Digital Placemaking, ecology, learner engagement, learning ecology, Learning Space and Place, networked authorship, networked learning, Networking, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Syndicated
    October 3, 2020
    Why do I explore ideas like being, belonging and becoming in relation to networks, but I hardly talk about communities any more? In this post I will look at why networks and affinity spaces more than communities have come to … Continue reading ?
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  8. amiddlet50

    Decolonising the active curriculum #activelearning

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    | active learning, activity design, BAME, belonging, co-creation, Co-operative pedagogy, decolonisation, Design Thinking, differentiation, diversity, equity, experiential learning, hidden curriculum, inclusivity, learner engagement, learning ecology, personalisation, PhD, self-direction, stimuli, stimulus, studio, Syndicated, universal design
    October 14, 2019
    This post considers the need to decolonise the active curriculum. It follows on from ideas considered in the previous post on embodiment which concluded that advocates and practitioners of active learning must look deeply at the meaning of being student-centred. … Continue reading →
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  9. amiddlet50

    Embodiment – physicality and presence in #activelearning

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    | active learning, agency, assemblage theory, audio feedback, belonging, blended learning, care, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, communities of practice, conversation, critical pedagogy, ecology, experience, experiential learning, hapitics, identity, inclusivity, learner engagement, learning ecology, learning environments, learning space, Literacies and intelligence, networked learning, ontology, People, PhD, physicality, place, placemaking, polycontextuality, Presence, psychology, Reflection, Relationships, self-efficacy, situated learning, smart devices, smart learning, social theory, space, storytelling, studio, studio for all, Syndicated, Technology, Third Space, twalk, voice
    October 14, 2019
    Imagine active learning. What comes to mind for me is people, together, finding value and common purpose in each other. ‘People’ is a significant word in this description. It’s not an abstract notion of ‘learner’, it is a real, humanistic … Continue reading →
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  10. amiddlet50

    Competition and co-operation in the #activelearning classroom

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    | Academic innovation, active learning, assemblage theory, Assessment & Feedback, BYOD, co-creation, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, collaborating, collaboration, competition, creativity, ecology, gamification, Image, Instagram, learner engagement, learning ecology, learning space, memes, motivation, peer assessment, PhD, sm4l, smart learning, Social Media, social media for learning, studio, studio-based learning, Syndicated, team-based learning
    August 3, 2019
    I have been reading a great paper this morning on the use of Instagram memes by students studying art at Central St Martins (Burns et al., 2016). Amongst the many themes present in the paper, I picked up on one … Continue reading →
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  11. amiddlet50

    Product – co-production vs commodification as a site of learning

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    | active learning, agency, belonging, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, collaboration, commodification, communities of practice, employability, engagement, experiential learning, learner engagement, learning ecology, studio-based learning, Syndicated
    July 27, 2019
    Yesterday, I spent much of my time in meetings: one appraisal, one research-related, one project-related, and one a planning meeting. Coincidently, each of those four meetings required me to remind myself that an education is not, “A thing that can … Continue reading →
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  12. amiddlet50

    Repositioning contact time to explain the value of education

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    | active learning, agency, agility, Autonomy, belonging, boundary crossing, challenge, co-operation, collaboration, collabotation, communities of practice, ecology, employability, engagement, identity, journey, learner engagement, learning ecology, learning environments, learning space, liminality, motivation, networked learning, People, place, placemaking, Reflection, Relationships, self-efficacy, situated learning, space, student engagement, Syndicated, time, transformation
    February 24, 2019
    I happened to mention that I worked in higher education to a women who sold me a vase in a craft shop; the sort of situation where I normally feel at ease with people I meet beyond the educational setting. … Continue reading →
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  13. amiddlet50

    Enjoyment, anticipation, challenge as factors affecting personal intrinsic investment #heutagogy

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    | active learning, Assessment, Assessment & Feedback, challenge, collaboration, learner autonomy, learner engagement, learning ecology, motivation, student engagement, Syndicated
    May 25, 2018
    In our research-informed development activities looking at learner non-engagement with formative assessment, with group work or with engaging in feedback, it is becoming clear that the lack of space given to developing learner ‘buy-in’ or developing ‘want’ is highly significant … Continue reading →
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  14. amiddlet50

    Friendship and the classroom

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    | agency, Applied Learning, belonging, BYOD, co-operation, ecology, identity, in-between, interactivity, journey, learner autonomy, learner engagement, learning ecology, learning space, liminality, place, placemaking, space, student engagement, Syndicated, Third Space, trust
    September 27, 2017
    I attended a seminar today given by my colleague Emma Heron. I was fortunate enough to mentor Emma through a year-long research project looking at the role of friendship in the student experience. It was good to catch up today … Continue reading →
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