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Tag Archives: relationships
Ritual in the learning environment
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
Posted in Active Learning, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged acquiescence, Active Learning, affinity spaces, agency, being, Belonging, co-creation, collaboration, diversity, doing, habit, identity, liminality, non-formal learning, place, relationships, ritual, routine, Studio, studio for all
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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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The core principles of co-production
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
Posted in Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Social Media for Learning, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged co-production, collaboration, hybrid learning studio, learner-generated content, learning, principles, relationships, social media, Studio, Web 2.0
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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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Researching academic innovation to foster belonging
I am working with an innovative subject group at the moment who have done much to foster student belonging. They have a long list of small recent and current initiatives intended to develop a cohesive disciplinary identity. Previously, they … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation, Belonging, Learning Space and Place, Scholarship and Research
Tagged Belonging, identity, innovation, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, people, place, placemaking, relationships, research methods, Scholarship and Research, social, student engagement, Third Space
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Studio for All – ecologically inclusive
I have met with a colleague today who comes from a studio-based discipline and is thinking through how she will engage her international students. Immediately I find two fascinating dimensions here – the studio as an inherently inclusive space i.e. … Continue reading
Open Relationships: people and/or networks?
I previously referenced the intention to shift our attention to the connectivist relationships we enjoy in open scholarship. I very am excited by the keynotes at this year’s #OER16. Jim Groom has been on my radar for a long time and … Continue reading
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