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Tag Archives: conversation
Understanding polycontextuality through Happy Valley
The penultimate episode of Happy Valley on BBC TV included a very tense scene that helps to explain polycontextuality and why it is useful for educators. It seems like the whole country was gripped by Happy Valley – a psychologically … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Placemaking, Learning Space and Place, Polycontextuality
Tagged agency, assemblage theory, being, Belonging, boundary crossing, connecting, connectivism, conversation, digital-social age, ecology, experience, experiential learning, hybrid learning space, inclusivity, interactivity, learning ecology, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, liminality, network, networked authorship, networked learning, non-formal learning, place, placemaking, Polycontextuality, Presence, situated learning, social, social media, Social Media for Learning, space, third place, Third Space
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Conversation-based #activelearning – exploiting the differences between dialogue and debate
Active learning is essentially conversational – a ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ of ideas, whether this is a collaborative exchange or personal cogitation and reflection. Pedagogically, there is a lot to exploit here. I was recently involved in a discussion about the … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning
Tagged Active Learning, active listening, argument, co-operation, competition, conceit, conflict, confrontation, conversation, conviction, crit, critical analysis, critique, debate, debrief, dialogue, exchange, fake news, ground rules, influence, inquiry-based learning, ipsative assessment, leadership, moot, mooting, pedagogy, persuasion, reflection, reflective learning, safe space, sport
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Learning with consequence #activelearning
It’s the Global Festival of Active Learning this week. Our secret question in the organising group is ‘so how do we make this a festival and not a conference?’ It’s got to be about people and attitude. Just feeling good … Continue reading
Structure and memory-mapping in #activelearning
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
Posted in Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Media-enhanced learning, Open Learning, Walking
Tagged Active Learning, co-construction, co-creation, conversation, curation, deviance, heutagogy, inclusivity, map, memory, memory mapping, object-based learning, pattern, portfolios, reflection, reflective learning, structure, twalk
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Tables, chairs, co-operation #activelearning
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
Posted in Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Learning Space and Place
Tagged co-operation, collaboration, conversation
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Embodiment – physicality and presence in #activelearning
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
Posted in Active Learning, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Literacies and Intelligence, PhD, Polycontextuality, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Active Learning, agency, assemblage theory, audio feedback, Belonging, blended learning, care, co-operation, communities of practice, conversation, critical pedagogy, ecology, experience, experiential learning, hapitics, identity, inclusivity, Learner Engagement, learning ecology, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, networked learning, ontology, people, physicality, place, placemaking, Polycontextuality, Presence, Psychology, reflection, relationships, self-efficacy, situated learning, smart devices, Smart Learning & BYOD, social theory, space, storytelling, Studio, studio for all, technology, Third Space, twalk, voice
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Conversational Learning Spaces for #activelearning
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
Posted in Academic Innovation, Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Active Learning, Applied Learning, Assessment & Feedback, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Digital Placemaking, Employability, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Literacies and Intelligence, PhD, Social Media for Learning, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Walking
Tagged Active Learning, agency, context, conversation, Creativity, diversity, exchange, identity, improvisation, inclusivity, Learning Space and Place, negotiation, openness, parity, place, selfregulation, serendipity, social construction, storytelling, timeliness, trust
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Noise annoys in the #activelearning classroom – or does it?
Studies of Active Learning Classrooms (e.g. SCALE UP and Team-based Learning), and active learning more generally, identify noise and the ambient conditions of the classroom as being a distinguishing feature (Worthing, 2018). That active learning is noisy, is a truism, … Continue reading
Walks as Learning Space
Learning walks exemplify conversational learning spaces. In this post I reflect on how I designed the learning walk I conducted today for the University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Social Sciences Learning Spaces Group which I am mentoring as they plan … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Digital Placemaking, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Walking
Tagged Active Learning, activity, co-operative learning, conversation, deep learning, group work, Learning Space and Place, learning walk, narrative, storytelling, walk
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