Transgressive learning – moving away from a mindset of inevitability

Transgressive learning – moving away from a mindset of inevitability

by amiddlet50

| Academic innovation, active learning, adjacent space, agency, authentic learning, boundary crossing, Co-operative pedagogy, communitas, creativity, embodiment, experiential learning, heutagogy, learning ecologies, Learning Space and Place, liminality, negotiated learning, non-formal learning, outsider, polycontextuality, self-determination, self-determination theory, spatial fluency, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Sustainability, Syndicated, third place, Third Space, Transgressive learning
July 27, 2023

Transgressive learning is a term associated with sustainability. Wals (2021), for example, discusses the Power of Transgressive Learning in an excellent post. My own interest in the term, however, came from reflecting on educational work I am currently involved in … Continue reading ?
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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 ?
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Ritual in the learning environment

by amiddlet50

| acquiescence, active learning, affinity spaces, agency, being, belonging, co-creation, Co-operative pedagogy, collaboration, diversity, doing, habit, identity, learner engagement, Learning Space and Place, liminality, non-formal learning, place, Relationships, ritual, routine, studio, Studio and Studio-based Learning, studio for all, Syndicated
April 6, 2022

In this post I explore what is meant by ritual in relation to the teaching and learning experience and, as we reset our post-pandemic classrooms, why we should care. Given that there is little obligation to care, beyond a notion … Continue reading ?
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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 ?
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Transparency, turbulence, ambiguity and uncertainty in #activelearning

by amiddlet50

| #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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Lifewide learning domains: rich intersections or contested spaces

by amiddlet50

| ambiguity, Assessment, belonging, boundary crossing, connections, Digital Placemaking, domains, education, experiential learning, family, friendship, incidental learning, intersections, learner engagement, Learning Space and Place, lifewide learning, lockdown, map, mapping, non-formal learning, ontology, pandemic, Personal & Professional Development Planning, place, polycontextuality, psychogeography, Reflection, Scholarship and Research, social media for learning, socialisation, space, Syndicated, third place, Third Space, walking
February 6, 2021

I noted in my previous post on mapping our learning that I would be engaging in the collaborative inquiry ‘Towards a Better Understanding of Our Own Learning Lives’ led by Norman Jackson, Rob Ward and Jenny Willis. I have just about … Continue reading ?
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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 ?
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Space, walking and non-verbal communications #activelearning

by amiddlet50

| active learning, belonging, Body Language, BYOD, Co-operative pedagogy, confrontation, conversation, empathy, incidental learning, learner engagement, learning space, learning walk, listening skills, non-formal learning, personal space, Serendipity, studio, studio-based learning, Syndicated, walking
January 25, 2020

Learning walks are valuable conversational spaces. They tend to be non-confrontational and, for me, epitomise co-operative learning. Not only do they feel familiar spaces exemplifying a networked paradigm as people move naturally between small groups through the course of semi-structured … Continue reading →
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Twalking back to happiness #twalk #spacetwalkLeeds

by amiddlet50

| active learning, becoming, being, belonging, BYOD, connecting, conversation, Digital Placemaking, doing, formal learning, home, informal learning, learner engagement, learning space, Media-enhanced learning, non-formal learning, ontology, place, polycontextuality, social media for learning, space, Syndicated, third place, twalk, walk, walking, walkshop
March 21, 2019

Join us for a Twalk , 27th March 2019 Theme: Doing, Being, Belonging, Becoming and Connecting – the role of learning space Venue: Your campus When: Wednesday 27th March 2019 between 1pm and 2pm (gather at 12.55 and allow time … Continue reading →
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The habit of thinking differently by looking more deeply

by amiddlet50

| active learning, BYOD, immersion, learning space, Literacies and intelligence, literacy, Media-enhanced learning, multiple intelligencies, non-formal learning, open learning, photography, Possibilities, social space, Syndicated, visual literacy, walking
May 3, 2018

An exploration of visual literacies and multiple intelligences There are many reasons why I have committed to exploring the idea of learning walks in terms of learning space and many of those reasons have been discussed here previously. For the … Continue reading →
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