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...
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...
The problem with communities… a consideration of alternatives

by amiddlet50

| 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 ?
Read more...
Networked authorship as a site of learning

by amiddlet50

| active learning, actor-network theory, assemblage theory, Co-operative pedagogy, networked authorship, networked learning, Syndicated
September 3, 2020

The co-creation of knowledge is, I think, represented in the idea of networked authorship. It’s a term that works very well for me, though it is not widely used as far as I can tell. It was Matt Johnston at … Continue reading ?
Read more...
Embodiment – physicality and presence in #activelearning

by amiddlet50

| 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 →
Read more...
Repositioning contact time to explain the value of education

by amiddlet50

| 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 →
Read more...
The future is active – implications for future academic practice

by amiddlet50

| Academic innovation, active learning, active pedadgogy, Assessment & Feedback, authentic learning, belonging, communities of practice, creativity, critical literacy, debate, Digital Placemaking, futures, graduate capabilities, group work, immersive learning, learner engagement, Literacies and intelligence, literacy, networked learning, nomadicism, rtesilience, self-efficacy, spaced learning, Syndicated, trends
June 25, 2018

I have been thinking about the future academic and the implications for academic development recently. The Open University’s ‘Innovating Pedagogy’ is an insightful annual report (http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/innovating/), though I would love to see one for 2018. I have seen Mike Shales … Continue reading →
Read more...
Where are you taking me? Thinking about the politics of network

by amiddlet50

| learning space, Media-enhanced learning, networked learning, Networking, open learning, politics, Possibilities, social media for learning, Syndicated, Technology
March 5, 2018

The transcript of ‘Learning Networks, Not Teaching Machines’, a keynote delivered at EDEN 2015 in Barcelona by Audrey Watters in 2015, is a good read for anyone interested in networked learning, media-enhanced learning, and the use of social media for … Continue reading →
Read more...