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  1. rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

    AI106, DS106 & GITS – it’s about friendship and love

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    | #4life, AI, AI106, amidoinitrite, analysis, assignment, batou, being human, book, bots, concept, ds106, film review, GITS, history, Love, Reflection, Syndicated, week 1
    January 17, 2024
    Discovering AI106 (DS106) was running again in 2024 gave me pause for thought. My pause wasn’t just on its theme of artificial intelligence or the Week 1 assignment of getting some inspiration by watching AI related films or reading AI-themed fiction, but also Paul Bond’s Ghosts of future past blog post. You had me at … Continue reading AI106, DS106 & GITS – it’s about friendship and love ?
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  2. amiddlet50

    Absence of detail and the value of ambiguity in art and education

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    | #Ethics, abstract, active learning, agency, ambiguity, art, being, clarity, creativity, detail, discovery, learner engagement, learning ecologies, literalism, Music, narrative, noise, photography, Reflection, scaffolding, sculpture, space, student engagement, student-centred, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Syndicated, Teaching, walking
    September 12, 2022
    This post pulls together ideas about the value of ambiguity and space in art and education by drawing upon my diverse experiences as educator, artist, and musician. It wanders! In some ways, it is about creating room to wander. I hope you it connects with your own wanderings. Continue reading ?
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  6. amiddlet50

    Conversation-base #activelearning – exploiting the differences between dialogue and debate

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    | active learning, active listening, argument, co-operation, competition, conceit, Conflict, confrontation, conversation, conviction, crit, critical analysis, Critique, debate, debrief, dialogue, exchange, fake news, ground rules, influence, Inquiry Based Learning, ipsative assessment, leadership, moot, mooting, pedagogy, persuasion, Reflection, reflective learning, safe space, sport, Syndicated
    May 30, 2021
    Active learning is essentially conversational – a ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ of ideas, whether this is a collaborative exchange or personal cogitation and reflection. Pedagogically, there is a lot to exploit here. I was recently involved in a discussion about the … Continue reading ?
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  8. amiddlet50

    Lifewide learning domains: rich intersections or contested spaces

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    | 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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  9. amiddlet50

    Structure and memory-mapping in #activelearning

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    | active learning, co-construction, co-creation, Co-operative pedagogy, conversation, creativity, deviance, heutagogy, inclusivity, learner engagement, Learning Space and Place, map, Media-enhanced learning, memory, memory mapping, object-based learning, open learning, pattern, portfolios, Reflection, reflective learning, structure, Syndicated, twalk, walking
    December 20, 2020
    The idiom ‘from pillar to post’ both indicates the role of structure in a journey and cautions that substance, purpose and clarity are needed if an experience is to be fruitful. In the previous post, I discussed divergence and convergence … Continue reading ?
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  10. amiddlet50

    Being part of something – having a sense of presence #activelearning

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    | active learning, agency, authentic learning, being, belonging, co-operation, community, Digital Placemaking, embodiment, enactment, feedback, identity, learner engagement, learning culture, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, Presence, Reflection, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Syndicated, teacher presence
    October 24, 2020
    The idea of ‘being’ is about presence and is central to an active learning philosophy. It reflects two things: personal identity and social presence in the learning environment. Lehman and Conceicao (2010) describe this as ‘being there’ and ‘being together’. … Continue reading ?
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  11. amiddlet50

    Feedback: where learning begins #activelearning

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    | active learning, Assessment & Feedback, e-portfolios, feedback, formative assessment, learner engagement, Literacies and intelligence, notemaking, Personal & Professional Development Planning, portfolios, Reflection, reflective learning, Syndicated
    September 13, 2020
    While the title of this post is intentionally contentious, it allows me to reflect on one or two recent discussions and reinforce some key ideas about active learning design, especially in the context of ‘unified’ active learning (UAL): how it … Continue reading ?
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  12. amiddlet50

    Further reflections on learning walks and the #Twalk model of #activelearning

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    | active learning, ambiguity, Co-operative pedagogy, connectivism, deviation, embodiment, group size, group work, intimacy, learner engagement, learning ecologies, learning space, learning walk, liminality, Live Briefs, motivation, multitasking, negotiated space, negotiation, networked authorship, notemaking, ownership, polycontextuality, Reflection, sandpit, self-determination, Social Media, social media for learning, stimulus, Syndicated, third place, twalk, twilight, twitter, walk, walking
    January 25, 2020
    The walk I organised for last week introduced several new ideas about the role and methods of learning walks for me. This is a very long post. I was tempted to break it down. However, I needed to get it … Continue reading →
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  13. ricardo

    CT101 Reflection

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    | CT 101, CT101, Reflection, Syndicated
    December 15, 2019
    Hey guys! This semester has been great. I enjoyed looking at all of your creations and I wish you the best. You guys can check out my Reflection Blog post about CT101 –> Here I will be talking about my favorite assignments, what I liked about ...
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  14. 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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  16. amiddlet50

    Holistic model of active learning for integrated employability #activelearning

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    | 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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  17. amiddlet50

    Active listening for active learning

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    | #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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  18. amiddlet50

    Doing, Being, Becoming, Belonging & Connecting #twalk #spacetwalkLeeds

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    | active learning, Applied Learning, becoming, being, belonging, connecting, Connectionism, Constructivism, Digital Placemaking, doing, experiential learning, learner engagement, learning pace, learning space, Literacies and intelligence, Personal & Professional Development Planning, Reflection, self-efficacy, situated learning, social constructivism, social media for learning, space, Syndicated
    March 23, 2019
    The Twalk next week (27th March 2019) at 1-2pm UK time, has the theme of Doing, Being, Belonging, Becoming and Connecting – the role of learning space, This post provides a little explanation of each of those keywords. Doing A focus … Continue reading →
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  19. amiddlet50

    A Dependency-Autonomy model for personal and professional development planning

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    | 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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  20. 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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  23. amiddlet50

    A place for imagining – blue skies under the tree canopy

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    | Academic innovation, active learning, agility, apps, authentic learning, brainstorming, BYOD, BYOD4L, co-operation, collabnorating, collaborating, collaboration, collabotation, complexity, innovation, learner engagement, learning environments, learning space, meeting, Reflection, situated learning, smart devices, smart learning, space, student engagement, Syndicated, tools, walk, walking
    June 26, 2018
    Myself and a colleague have some difficult thinking to do this week. Exciting thinking, but difficult nevertheless. So, we could book out a teaching room lined with whiteboards for the day and see what happens, but that feels too ‘inward’ … Continue reading →
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  26. @tabbycat07

    It’s Movie Time

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    | @ds106dc, Beauty, dailycreate, dailycreates, ds106, movies, questionoftheweek, Reflection, robertebert, summary, Syndicated, twitter
    June 13, 2018
    So far this week, we have been learning about motion pictures and how to analyze and edit them. Started it out by reading a short piece by film critic, Robert Ebert. Lights! Cameras! Action! I genuinely enjoyed his essay. I thought the article would be dry and just spouting out random facts about film analyzing, Read More
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