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Tag Archives: Learning Space and Place
Learning Spaces twilight walk on #ActiveLearning on Thursday – join us! #SpaceTwalk2020 #ALN
This is a reminder that this Thursday from 4pm-6pm (UK) our Active Learning Network at Anglia Ruskin University is conducting a learning space walk (#SpaceTwalk2020) and we encourage you to join us from wherever you are – walking in parallel … Continue reading
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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Wrecking it with Brexit
I’m sitting in a café on La Rambla in Barcelona following a couple of days participating in an international learning spaces summit in Barcelona (#ILS2019). (nb. I use ‘participating’ not ‘attending’) We are getting really close to Brexit now and … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation, Active Learning, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Employability, Gamification, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Open Learning, Scholarship and Research
Tagged Active Learning, assemblage theory, Brexit, co-creation, conference, connectivity, ecology, Employability, globalisation, icebreaker, intercultural learning, interdisciplinary learning, interprofessionalism, Learning Space and Place, Lego Serious Play, LSP, populism, scholarship
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Co-creation and epistemic fluency – the real legacy of Web 2.0 and social media for learning
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
Posted in Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Employability, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Media-enhanced learning, PhD, Scholarship and Research, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged acquisition, agency, becoming, co-creation, co-operation, Co-operative pedagogy, co-production, collaboration, Contribution-oriented approach, design thinking, distributed authorship, Employability, epistemic fluency, identity, innovation, learner-generated context, Learning Space and Place, Media-enhanced learning, multimedia, networked authorship, participation, problem-solving, skills, slow media, Social Media for Learning, Web 2.0
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The Connected Classroom – “The Hub of Connectivity” #activelearning #hybridlearning
I am preparing a workshop for #ARUDigiFest titled ‘Digital collaborators: developing a digital classroom approach of connected learning’ (Cambridge 9th September and Chelmsford 11th September). Working with my colleague Uwe Richter, we will explore the idea of the digital classroom … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Creativity, Digital Placemaking, Learning Space and Place, Media-enhanced learning, PhD, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Active Learning, authentic learning, blended learning, co-creation, co-production, conceptual knowledge, connected learning, context, definition, digifest, digital learning, hybrid learning space, hybrid learning studio, hybridity, ideas, interactivity, learner-generated content, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, place, real world, situated learning, space, technology, technology-enhanced learning
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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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Repositioning contact time to explain the value of education
I happened to mention that I worked in higher education to a women who sold me a vase in a craft shop; the sort of situation where I normally feel at ease with people I meet beyond the educational setting. … Continue reading
Posted in Belonging, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place
Tagged Active Learning, agency, agility, autonomy, boundary crossing, challenge, co-operation, collaboration, collabotation, communities of practice, ecology, Employability, engagement, identity, journey, Learner Engagement, learning ecology, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, liminality, motivation, networked learning, people, place, placemaking, reflection, relationships, self-efficacy, situated learning, space, student engagement, time, transformation
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