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  2. amiddlet50

    Unified Active Learning – our commitment to #activelearning wherever and however we access learning

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    | 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 ?
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  3. 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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  4. amiddlet50

    Crisis – what crisis? A time for academic innovation

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    | Academic innovation, active learning, Change, co-operation, collaboration, connecting, creativity, inclusivity, innovation, placemaking, Syndicated, Teaching
    June 10, 2021
    At Wonkfest I attended a panel session titled Changing the Culture of Changing the Culture in which Charlotte Summers, who is Head of Commercial Development at the RSA, referred to the RSA’s excellent Future Change Framework. Admittedly, I am a … Continue reading ?
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  5. 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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  6. amiddlet50

    Learning Spaces Iceberg

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    | 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. amiddlet50

    Global #Twalkday

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    | agency, belonging, collaborating, Digital Placemaking, identity, learner engagement, learning environments, learning space, Media-enhanced learning, MELSIG, mobile learning, network, place, placemaking, sm4l, smart devices, smart learning, Social Media, social media for learning, space, student engagement, Syndicated, twalk, tweetchat, twitter, walk, walking, walkshop
    April 19, 2018
    Global #Twalkday Wednesday 3rd October 2018 Theme: Doing, being, becoming, belonging and connecting Time: 3pm GMT (but options for other time zones to be decided) What is Twalkday? The Twalk will be co-ordinated globally and is planned to coincide with … Continue reading →
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  10. amiddlet50

    Researching academic innovation to foster belonging

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    | Academic innovation, belonging, identity, innovation, learning environments, learning space, People, place, placemaking, Relationships, research, research methods, social, student engagement, Syndicated, Third Space
    March 4, 2018
      I am working with an innovative subject group at the moment who have done much to foster student belonging. They have a long list of small recent and current initiatives intended to develop a cohesive disciplinary identity. Previously, they … Continue reading →
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  11. amiddlet50

    The writing is on the wall – poetry and place

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    | agency, art, belonging, home, learning space, place, placemaking, polycontextuality, public art, social media for learning, space, Syndicated
    February 28, 2018
    There has been an interesting little discussion on Twitter today following a post from @viviennestern. This, on a wall @sheffhallamuni made me stop and stare. For all the vitriol about universities, they exist to help us think better, understand more. What … Continue reading →
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  12. amiddlet50

    #minitwalk demonstrates the flexibility of the #twalk model at #socmedhe17

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    | #socmedhe17, active learning, collaborating, CPD, Digital Placemaking, event, innovation, learning space, place, placemaking, Possibilities, sm4l, smart devices, social, Social Media, social media for learning, space, student engagement, Syndicated, technique, twalk, tweetchat, twitter, walk, walking
    February 22, 2018
        Since our first successful use of the #twalk model in May 2017, a number of #twalks have used the model in different situations. Our experience and understanding of the #twalk is growing. A number of us involved in … Continue reading →
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  13. amiddlet50

    Place is our starting point

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    | active learning, being, belonging, Digital Placemaking, learning space, place, placemaking, Possibilities, Social Media, social media for learning, space, studio for all, studio-based learning, Syndicated, twalk, walking
    January 1, 2018
    “In Aristotle …we have a very powerful philosophy of place as the starting point for all other forms of existence.” (Cresswell, 2009, p. 2) This year will see the publication of my book Reimagining Spaces for Learning in Higher Education. … 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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