Tag Archives: collaboration

A Man Walked into a Bar: humour, space, self-deprecation, #activelearning

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Andrew Middleton

In this post I explore the pedagogy of humour in the context of higher education teaching and learning and begin to realise there’s more to humour in the classroom than having a bit of fun! This was my starting point, … Continue reading →

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Ritual in the learning environment

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Andrew Middleton

In this post I explore what is meant by ritual in relation to the teaching and learning experience and, as we reset our post-pandemic classrooms, why we should care. Given that there is little obligation to care, beyond a notion … Continue reading →

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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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Vertical and horizontal learning networks: implications for #active learning

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Andrew Middleton

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 →

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Playing with time and crossing boundaries: multichronicity #activelearning

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Andrew Middleton

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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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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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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Co-creation and epistemic fluency – the real legacy of Web 2.0 and social media for learning

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

Tomorrow’s professionals will require an enhanced capacity for collaboration, co-operation and creative thinking (Markauskaite and Goodyear, 2016). Mclaughlan & Lodge (2019) draw parallels between epistemic fluency and design thinking to position the design studio as a relevant pedagogical model with an … Continue reading →

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The core principles of co-production

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

Co-production, as defined by Filipe et al. (2017), is “an exploratory space and a generative process that leads to different, and sometimes unexpected, forms of knowledge, values, and social relations.” It is more than a matter of ‘production’ being an outcome … Continue reading →

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Competition and co-operation in the #activelearning classroom

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

I have been reading a great paper this morning on the use of Instagram memes by students studying art at Central St Martins (Burns et al., 2016). Amongst the many themes present in the paper, I picked up on one … Continue reading →

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