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  1. amiddlet50

    Learning walks with awe are good for you

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    | active learning, awe walks, critical thinking, Global Festival of Active Learning, Instagram, learning walk, meander, nightwalk, psychogeography, rural landscape, sublime, Syndicated, twalk, urban lanscape, walk, wander
    May 23, 2021
    Awe walks boost emotional well-being according to a recent study conducted by researchers from UC San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin. The study looked at the effect of a weekly 15 minute walk on adults in which selected walkers reported … Continue reading ?
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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. amiddlet50

    Learning Spaces twilight walk on #ActiveLearning on Thursday – join us! #SpaceTwalk2020 #ALN

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    | active learning, belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, D3BC, identity, learning space, learning walk, polycontextuality, social media for learning, Syndicated, twalk, walk, walking, walkshop
    January 14, 2020
    This is a reminder that this Thursday from 4pm-6pm (UK) our Active Learning Network at Anglia Ruskin University is conducting a learning space walk (#SpaceTwalk2020) and we encourage you to join us from wherever you are – walking in parallel … Continue reading →
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  6. amiddlet50

    Space Walk #Twalk #ALN #activelearning

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    | active learning, becoming, being, belonging, BYOD, connecting, connectivism, D3BC, Digital Placemaking, doing, identity, learner engagement, learning space, social media for learning, Syndicated, twalk
    December 19, 2019
    Active Learning Network – Space Walk 16 January 2020, 16:00 – 18:00 GMT Our Active Learning Network satellite group will be taking part in a Space Walk at Anglia Ruskin University and we hope others in the sector will join … 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

    Standing, Walking, Crawling and the art of conversational learning #activelearning

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    | Academic innovation, active learning, Digital Placemaking, floor-based pedagogy, learning space, learning walk, Possibilities, social media for learning, space, studio-based learning, Syndicated, twalk, walking, walls
    June 8, 2019
    On Tuesday I will be running a workshop at the Active Learning Conference at the University of Sussex. Titled ‘Standing, Walking, Crawling and the art of conversational learning’, it reflects on some of the active learning techniques I have developed … Continue reading →
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  9. 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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  10. amiddlet50

    #Twalk – a new active pedagogy explained

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    | Academic innovation, active learning, Assessment, Assessment & Feedback, BYOD, learner engagement, Media-enhanced learning, pedagogy, social media for learning, Syndicated, twalk, walking
    March 28, 2019
    This post, and the ones that will follow, reflect on the Twalk as a pedagogy. In particular, I consider how students can draw upon the conversational activity and use the data it generates as the basis for developing and explaining … Continue reading →
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  12. amiddlet50

    Twalking back to happiness #twalk #spacetwalkLeeds

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    | active learning, becoming, being, belonging, BYOD, connecting, conversation, Digital Placemaking, doing, formal learning, home, informal learning, learner engagement, learning space, Media-enhanced learning, non-formal learning, ontology, place, polycontextuality, social media for learning, space, Syndicated, third place, twalk, walk, walking, walkshop
    March 21, 2019
    Join us for a Twalk , 27th March 2019 Theme: Doing, Being, Belonging, Becoming and Connecting – the role of learning space Venue: Your campus When:  Wednesday 27th March 2019 between 1pm and 2pm (gather at 12.55 and allow time … Continue reading →
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  13. amiddlet50

    Productive failure, drawing and erasing – exploring visual literacies #twalk #possibilities

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    | drawing, event, learning environments, learning space, metaphor, mobile learning, photography, sm4l, smart devices, smart learning, Social Media, social media for learning, Syndicated, twalk, tweetchat, twitter, visual literacies, walk, walking
    July 11, 2018
    More walking, talking and Twalking (just about) I co-led a Twalk today on the subject of visual literacies as part of Sheffield Hallam University’s Learning & Teaching Conference with my colleague Helen Rodger. It was billed simply as a learning … Continue reading →
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  14. amiddlet50

    Crashing or connecting? Navigating the #twalk boundaries

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    | Academic innovation, active learning, Applied Learning, belonging, blended learning, boundary crossing, connected learning, Digital Placemaking, hybrid learning space, learner engagement, learning space, Possibilities, social media for learning, Syndicated, twalk, twitter, walking
    July 6, 2018
    The #connectedlearning space, in its many and various meanings, is central to my thinking about the future classroom. This is obviously epitomised in the concept of the #twalk. It was lovely to hear that Alex Spiers was leading a Twalk … Continue reading →
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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. amiddlet50

    Twalking as digital placemaking #twalk #socmedhe17

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    | active learning, BYOD, Digital Placemaking, learning space, MELSIG, social media for learning, Syndicated, twalk, walk, walking
    December 16, 2017
    This 10 minute screencast introduces the key ideas of the twalk concept – learning walks with integrated tweetchats – and the pedagogic rationale underpinning walking, talking, tweeting and thinking. The video is part of the Twalk Toolkit being developed on … Continue reading →
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