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Tag Archives: Creativity
Creative Assessment – what is it?
In higher education assessment is recognised as a driving force for student engagement and curriculum design. How does this tally with a desire for active student-centred learning? How can it accommodate the artistry in the academic practitioner who seeks to … Continue reading
Transgressive learning – moving away from a mindset of inevitability
Transgressive learning is a term associated with sustainability. Wals (2021), for example, discusses the Power of Transgressive Learning in an excellent post. My own interest in the term, however, came from reflecting on educational work I am currently involved in … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation, Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Learning Space and Place, Polycontextuality, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Academic Innovation, adjacent space, agency, authentic learning, boundary crossing, communitas, Creativity, embodiment, experiential learning, heutagogy, learning ecologies, liminality, negotiated learning, non-formal learning, outsider, Polycontextuality, self-determination, self-determination theory, spatial fluency, sustainability, third place, Third Space, Transgressive learning
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Absence of detail and the value of ambiguity in art and education
This post pulls together ideas about the value of ambiguity and space in art and education by drawing upon my diverse experiences as educator, artist, and musician. It wanders! In some ways, it is about creating room to wander. I hope you it connects with your own wanderings. Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Creativity, Learner Engagement, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Walking
Tagged abstract, agency, ambiguity, art, being, clarity, Creativity, detail, discovery, ethics, learning ecologies, literalism, music, narrative, noise, photography, reflection, scaffolding, sculpture, space, student engagement, student-centred, teaching
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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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Revisting the 5Cs to discover value for different times
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
Posted in Active Learning, Belonging, BYOD4L, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Learning Space and Place, MELSIG, Smart Learning & BYOD, Social Media for Learning
Tagged Belonging, BYOD, byod4l, co-operation, collaboration, communication, connectivism, Creativity, curation, ecology, learning ecology, place, social media, Social Media for Learning
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Playing with divergence and convergence: designing #ActiveLearning
Active learning is a process of opening up and closing down possibilities. Whether you look at course, module, session or activity design, knowing that your role as an academic is to play with divergence and convergence can be really helpful. … Continue reading
Curation as a pedagogy #activelearning
This article considers the agency of the learner in an active learning context. It considers curation as an act of making; more than taking, the learner processes artefacts to discover new knowledge. Curation is an iterative learning activity of collecting, … Continue reading
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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Teaching ‘whole people’ holistically – understanding co-operative learning
Andresen, Boud and Choen (2000) set out criteria for experience-based learning. The goal of experience-based learning involves something personally significant or meaningful to the students; Students should be personally engaged; Reflective thought and opportunities for students to write or discuss … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Employability, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Personal & Professional Development Planning, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Active Learning, association, co-operative learning, Creativity, experiential learning, graduate capitals, space, Studio and Studio-based Learning
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Blogging as a site of embodiment, co-production and enculturation
In this post I look at blogging as a studio space by reflecting on how and why I blog. A study of studio is a study of embodiment: the “embodied occupational engagement in constructing meaning [and how] the occupations in … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Learning Space and Place, Social Media for Learning
Tagged ANT, assemblage theory, blogging, challenge, co-production, components, Creativity, critical ontology, distributed cognition, embodiment, hybrid learning studio, ontology, othering, paradox, podcasting, site, situated learning, Social Media for Learning, sociomateriality, Studio, studio for all, support, ZPD
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