Category Archives: Creativity

How creativity in either teaching or learning can enrich education

Crisis – what crisis? A time for academic innovation

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Andrew Middleton

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 →

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Photopedagogy and photovoice

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Andrew Middleton

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 →

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Deviation and self-determination #activelearning

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Andrew Middleton

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 →

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Fluency – standing, walking, dancing

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Andrew Middleton

Being able to distinguish between skills, literacy and fluency is a perennial part of my job as an educational developer. This is most visible in thinking about how to communicate and engage people in conversations to do with digital capabilities, … Continue reading →

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Revisting the 5Cs to discover value for different times

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Andrew Middleton

I have had an immense feeling of warmth and solidarity this evening as good thoughts and memories have been triggered by Sheila’s post on How Sheila Sees It ‘Bring your own device for learning or bringing learning to your device?’ … Continue reading →

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Structure and memory-mapping in #activelearning

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Andrew Middleton

The idiom ‘from pillar to post’ both indicates the role of structure in a journey and, at the same time, cautions that substance, purpose and clarity are necessary to a fruitful experience. In the previous post, I discussed divergence and … Continue reading →

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The problem with communities… a consideration of alternatives

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Andrew Middleton

Why do I explore ideas like being, belonging and becoming in relation to networks, but I hardly talk about communities any more? In this post I will look at why networks and affinity spaces more than communities have come to … Continue reading →

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Tables, chairs, co-operation #activelearning

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Andrew Middleton

4 chairs supporting one table representing co-operation! I have had a very fruitful day working with the Co-operative College in Manchester exploring our thinking about co-operative learning. I am proud to say that we produced this sculpture in response to … Continue reading →

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Conversational Learning Spaces for #activelearning

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

In an earlier post I referred to Learning Walks as conversational learning spaces. As such, they exemplify active learning spaces. The focus on conversation as a dimension of active learning is at the heart of the rationale for advocacy for … Continue reading →

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Get active- watch TV

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

My colleague Jason Williams at ARU’s DigiFest (#ARUDigifest) introduced our academics to Box of Broadcasts (BoB), a service provided by the British University’s Film & Video Council (BUFVC). The service provides access to 65 ‘free-to-air’ channels and their current and … Continue reading →

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