Conversational Learning Spaces for #activelearning

Conversational Learning Spaces for #activelearning

by amiddlet50

| Academic innovation, active learning, agency, Applied Learning, Assessment & Feedback, belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, context, conversation, creativity, Digital Placemaking, diversity, employability, exchange, identity, improvisation, inclusivity, learner engagement, learning space, Literacies and intelligence, negotiation, openness, parity, PhD, place, Possibilities, selfregulation, Serendipity, social construction, social media for learning, storytelling, studio-based learning, Syndicated, timeliness, trust, walking
October 3, 2019

In an earlier post I referred to Learning Walks as conversational learning spaces. As such, they exemplify active learning spaces. The focus on conversation as a dimension of active learning is at the heart of the rationale for advocacy for … Continue reading →
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Wrecking it with Brexit

by amiddlet50

| Academic innovation, active learning, assemblage theory, belonging, Brexit, co-creation, Co-operative pedagogy, conference, connectivity, ecology, employability, gamification, globalisation, icebreaker, intercultural learning, interdisciplinary learning, interprofessionalism, learner engagement, learning space, Lego Serious Play, LSP, open learning, populism, research, scholarship, Syndicated
September 22, 2019

I’m sitting in a café on La Rambla in Barcelona following a couple of days participating in an international learning spaces summit in Barcelona (#ILS2019). (nb. I use ‘participating’ not ‘attending’) We are getting really close to Brexit now and … Continue reading →
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Co-creation and epistemic fluency – the real legacy of Web 2.0 and social media for learning

by amiddlet50

| acquisition, active learning, agency, becoming, co-creation, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, collaboration, Contribution-oriented approach, creativity, Design Thinking, distributed authorship, employability, epistemic fluency, identity, innovation, learner engagement, learner-generated context, learning space, Media-enhanced learning, multimedia, networked authorship, participation, PhD, Problem Solving, research, skills, slow media, social media for learning, studio, studio-based learning, Syndicated, web 2.0
September 4, 2019

Tomorrow’s professionals will require an enhanced capacity for collaboration, co-operation and creative thinking (Markauskaite and Goodyear, 2016). Mclaughlan & Lodge (2019) draw parallels between epistemic fluency and design thinking to position the design studio as a relevant pedagogical model with an … Continue reading →
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Teaching ‘whole people’ holistically – understanding co-operative learning

by amiddlet50

| active learning, association, belonging, co-operative learning, Co-operative pedagogy, creativity, employability, experiential learning, graduate capitals, learner engagement, learning space, Personal & Professional Development Planning, space, studio-based learning, Syndicated
August 20, 2019

Andresen, Boud and Choen (2000) set out criteria for experience-based learning. The goal of experience-based learning involves something personally significant or meaningful to the students; Students should be personally engaged; Reflective thought and opportunities for students to write or discuss … Continue reading →
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Product – co-production vs commodification as a site of learning

by amiddlet50

| 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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Gamification – a way to understand #activeleaning

by amiddlet50

| 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 →
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Holistic model of active learning for integrated employability #activelearning

by amiddlet50

| active curriculum, active learning, Applied Learning, authentic learning, employability, integrated employability, learner engagement, Personal & Professional Development Planning, Reflection, self-actualisation, self-awareness, self-efficacy, self-esteem, Syndicated
May 24, 2019

You may be aware that I changed job this year and I now have the privilege of leading work in support of Anglia Ruskin University’s Active Curriculum Framework. It was the institutional commitment to active learning in its Education Strategy … Continue reading →
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Active co-operativism for active learning

by amiddlet50

| active co-operativism, active learning, actor-network theory, assemblage theory, belonging, BYOD, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, creativity, dispositions, distributed cognition, employability, ethos, learner engagement, Literacies and intelligence, mutuality, peer co-operation, peer learning, skills, Syndicated
April 19, 2019

This is a second post looking at the student’s role and the academic skills and dispositions needed for success in the active classroom. The first looked at active listening. Here, I suggest active co-operativism is an attitude and an ethos … Continue reading →
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Celebrate #imperfection. Challenge resilience.

by amiddlet50

| Assessment & Feedback, creativity, employability, graduate capabilities, graduate capitals, imperfection, Literacies and intelligence, motivation, perfectionism, Personal & Professional Development Planning, resilience, success, Syndicated
March 19, 2019

I listed to Thomas Curran’s TedTalk ‘Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse’ before I left for work this morning. Curran warns against perfectionism, and his warning kept me thinking all day. Here are three mini-stories that explain why … Continue reading →
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A Dependency-Autonomy model for personal and professional development planning

by amiddlet50

| active learning, agency, Applied Learning, authentic learning, belonging, ecology, employability, learner engagement, Personal & Professional Development Planning, Reflection, situated learning, student engagement, Syndicated, transition
February 24, 2019

The challenge of framing employability in relation to personal and professional development planning has been a constant consideration for the team I am leading to support an integrated view of employability in the curriculum. The natural inclination of academics, in … Continue reading →
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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 →
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Creative responsibility

by amiddlet50

| active learning, belonging, BYOD, creativity, employability, learner engagement, Literacies and intelligence, responsibility, skills, studio-based learning, Syndicated, team work
September 3, 2018

I spent the day in the studio a few days ago with some of my band. This set of sessions has been going on for a while and we came armed with a list of parts that needed to be … Continue reading →
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