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

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

by amiddlet50

| 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 ?
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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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