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

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

by amiddlet50

| #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 ?
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Playing with time and crossing boundaries: multichronicity #activelearning

by amiddlet50

| #ARUalc, active learning, Active Learning Conference, Activity, activity patterns, asynchronous, binary, bounaries, co-writing, collaboration, consequence, conversational learning, curation, Digital Placemaking, doing, ecology, eddie, engagement, experience, experiential learning, flow, hashtag, haunting, hybrid learning, inclusivity, latency, learner engagement, learning ecologies, learning engagement, learning space, Learning Space and Place, Media-enhanced learning, memory, memory mapping, micro-conversation, multichronicity, multilogue, navigation, podcasting, polycontextuality, reflection in action, reflection on action, Scholarship and Research, social media for learning, synchronous, Syndicated, temporal space, time-based learning, timeline, traces, tweetchat, UAL, unified active learning, walking
May 16, 2021

An analysis of the tweetchats revealed that neither synchronicity nor asynchronicity are able to capture the essence of what goes on in such a conversational space. Neither get close to capturing the value of the learning experience. Multichronicity provides a way of looking at the design of experiential learning in settings that accommodate learning ecologies: the academic designer must consider the quality of time spent in and navigating through a learning experience. Continue reading ?
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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 ?
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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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Noise annoys in the #activelearning classroom – or does it?

by amiddlet50

| active learning, attention, co-operative learning, concentration, conversation, discomfort, distraction, engagement, group work, learner engagement, learning space, noise, Syndicated
July 25, 2019

Studies of Active Learning Classrooms (e.g. SCALE UP and Team-based Learning), and active learning more generally, identify noise and the ambient conditions of the classroom as being a distinguishing feature (Worthing, 2018). That active learning is noisy, is a truism, … Continue reading →
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Active listening for active learning

by amiddlet50

| #learning, active learning, Applied Learning, belonging, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, collaborating, collaboration, collabotation, conversation, engagement, feedback, interactivity, learner engagement, learning space, learning walk, Listening, People, Presence, Reflection, Relationships, situated learning, skills, social, Syndicated, Teaching, trust, twalk, walk, walking
April 19, 2019

Active Listening sketchnote by Claudio Advocates of active learning must consider the active learning space from many perspectives. For example, I tend to think about space experientially, creating a picture in my own mind of a space that is used … 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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Rules of engagement – how to motivate students

by amiddlet50

| active learning, belonging, Benefits, challenge, engagement, enjoyment, identity, learner engagement, motivation, Syndicated
June 28, 2018

I have been working with course teams across the University recently on a number of themes where there is a common articulation of a fundamental problem – how to engage students. Without marks. Many books have been written and many … Continue reading →
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Attitudes, dispositions and learner maturity

by amiddlet50

| 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 →
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