Touch the firehose of ds106, the most recent flow of content from all of the blogs syndicated into ds106. As of right now, there have been 92792 posts brought in here going back to December 2010. If you want to be part of the flow, first learn more about ds106. Then, if you are truly ready and up to the task of creating web art, sign up and start doing it.

  1. amiddlet50

    A Man Walked into a Bar: humour, space, self-deprecation, #activelearning

    by
    | #learning, active learning, case-based learning, challenge, Co-operative pedagogy, collaboration, creativity, deduction, edutainment, engagement, fun, game based learning, gamification, group work, Humour, in jokes, inclusivity, jokes, learner engagement, Performance, persona, Play, playful learning, Poetry, self-awareness, Syndicated, Teaching, tension, trust
    September 16, 2022
    In this post I explore the pedagogy of humour in the context of higher education teaching and learning and begin to realise there’s more to humour in the classroom than having a bit of fun! This was my starting point, … Continue reading ?
    Read more...
  2. amiddlet50

    Curiosity – untapping latent energy

    by
    | active learning, agency, case-based learning, challenge, course design, course-focussed practice, critical thinking, curiosity, decision-based learning, deduction, deductive reasoning, deep learning, desire, drive, enjoyment, exploration, flow, fragmentation, graduate capabilities, interrogation, intrigue, intrinsic motivation, Knowledge, learner engagement, Lifelong Learning, liminality, module-centric, narrative, negotiation, open-ended, passive learning, Syndicated, transition, wonder, wonderment
    November 22, 2021
    Continuing from the post ‘Sublime, curious and distracted – challenging conceptions of learning’, I want to examine curiosity towards finding strategies that can be deployed by the academic and the learner themselves to create an engaging learning environment. Surely, curiosity … Continue reading ?
    Read more...
  3. amiddlet50

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

    by
    | 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...
  4. amiddlet50

    Transparency, turbulence, ambiguity and uncertainty in #activelearning

    by
    | #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 ?
    Read more...
  7. amiddlet50

    Universal design and #activelearning

    by
    | active learning, challenge, Co-operative pedagogy, Digital Placemaking, equity, failure, learner engagement, learning space, motivation, navigation, negotiation, PhD, self-direction, stretch, student-centred learning, studio, studio-based learning, Syndicated, universal design
    November 3, 2019
    Following on from the previous post on Decolonising the active curriculum, this post looks more closely at some of the seven principles of universal design to explore how they can inform the active learning space – its pedagogy and physical-digital … Continue reading →
    Read more...
  8. amiddlet50

    Blogging as a site of embodiment, co-production and enculturation

    by
    | ANT, assemblage theory, belonging, blogging, challenge, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, components, creativity, critical ontology, distributed cognition, embodiment, hybrid learning studio, learning space, ontology, othering, paradox, podcasting, Possibilities, site, situated learning, social media for learning, sociomateriality, studio, studio for all, studio-based learning, Support, Syndicated, ZPD
    August 10, 2019
    In this post I look at blogging as a studio space by reflecting on how and why I blog. A study of studio is a study of embodiment: the “embodied occupational engagement in constructing meaning [and how] the occupations in … Continue reading →
    Read more...
  9. amiddlet50

    Gamification – a way to understand #activeleaning

    by
    | active learning, Applied Learning, Canvas, challenge, curriculum design, edugames, employability, exploration, failure, feedback, flow, fun, game based learning, gamification, learner engagement, motivation, Play, playful learning, principles, self-determination theory, serious games, Syndicated
    July 13, 2019
    I have been interested in games-based learning and playful learning since the early 2000s when I came across J. P. Gee’s work and since leading work on creative development in academic practice. The Creative Development Team I was responsible for … Continue reading →
    Read more...
  11. amiddlet50

    Repositioning contact time to explain the value of education

    by
    | 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...
  13. amiddlet50

    Attitudes, dispositions and learner maturity

    by
    | active learning, Applied Learning, Assessment, Autonomy, challenge, engagement, feedback, formative assessment, identity, learner autonomy, learner engagement, maturity, resilience, Syndicated, transformation
    June 24, 2018
    I ran a series of workshops with an academic department last week. One of the key themes was the need to focus more on those learning outcomes that address learning and graduate capability. Our context was the challenge of engaging … Continue reading →
    Read more...
  14. amiddlet50

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

    by
    | 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 →
    Read more...
  15. @eafinto

    Living Life Through A Lens

    by
    | #photoblitz, abandoned america, Assignments, challenge, ds 106, photo tips, photography, Photos, pictures, prompts, Reflections, Syndicated, the end 106
    February 11, 2018
    Pictures. We take them almost everyday. This week I was tasked on completing and reading some research and information related to photography, and how to get that “picture” perfect photo. I personally have the shakiest hands ever, and when I try to take a picture I have to use both hands because if I don’t, I […]
    Read more...

Get Into ds106

ds106 Current Sections

ds106 in[SPIRE]