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Monthly Archives: August 2021
Transparency, turbulence, ambiguity and uncertainty in #activelearning
“One student’s safe uncertainty is another student’s chaotic nightmare.” (Orr & Shreeve, 2018) Based on research I conducted with others into student satisfaction of learning (Heaton et al., 2015), being clear with students about what is expected of them has … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Engagement
Tagged Active Learning, agency, art, becoming, being, Belonging, challenge, clarity, co-creation, co-operation, co-operative learning, communities of practice, connecting, Creativity, doing, embodiment, experience, experiential learning, formal learning, identity, Learner Engagement, learning, learning ecology, learning environments, motivation, non-formal learning, ontology, place, placemaking, Presence, scaffolding, self-efficacy, skills, space, Studio, studio for all, teaching, technique, technology, tutoring
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Crisis – what crisis? A time for academic innovation
At Wonkfest I attended a panel session titled Changing the Culture of Changing the Culture in which Charlotte Summers, who is Head of Commercial Development at the RSA, referred to the RSA’s excellent Future Change Framework. Admittedly, I am a … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation, Active Learning, Creativity
Tagged change, co-operation, collaboration, connecting, inclusivity, innovation, placemaking, teaching
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Photopedagogy and photovoice
Loopmans et al. (2012) observe that photographs incite public debate about place and community. When that public context is the university course and where there is a desire for learning engagement and community building, how can photography empower the learner? … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation, Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Active Learning, BYOD4L, Creativity, Digital Placemaking, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Media-enhanced learning, photopedagogy, Smart Learning & BYOD, Social Media for Learning
Tagged Active Learning, agency, audio, audio-enhanced learning, Belonging, capture, co-production, community, connectivity, learner gatherer, learning ecologies, learning ecology, location, mobile learning, photo elicitation, photograph, photography, photomontage, photopedagogy, photovoice, place, portfolio, screen-based learning, smartphone, ubiquitous technolous, user producer
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Deviation and self-determination #activelearning
In a previous post I suggested that the art of teaching to an active learning philosophy is about creating loose structures so that each and every student has the space to bring their own knowledge, experience and imagination to their … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Creativity, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Active Learning, assemblage theory, connectivism, constellation, curiosity, deviant, deviation, digital fluency, ecology, intrinsic motivation, learning ecologies, motivation, psyschogeography, self-determination, situated learning, spatial literacy, wander
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Vertical and horizontal learning networks: implications for #active learning
This presentation is useful for thinking about the difference between collaborative and co-operative learning. My interest in social media for learning, studio-based learning, and hybrid learning centres on how people work and learn together. They often return to ‘working alongside’ … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Learning Space and Place, Social Media for Learning, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Active Learning, boundary crossing, co-operation, co-operative learning, Co-operative pedagogy, collaboration, competition, horizontal networks, hybrid learning space, joint enterprise, learning environments, place, Social Media for Learning, space, Studio, studio-based learning, vertical networks
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