tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026406428691666828.post8522726146463300834..comments2017-06-13T21:10:04.685+01:00Comments on ii-learning : Fos day 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026406428691666828.post-32476017486229309602015-07-16T17:24:17.344+01:002015-07-16T17:24:17.344+01:00Thanks for the comment, 'thinking through writ...Thanks for the comment, 'thinking through writing' is a good way of expressing it, I mix synaesthesia and dyslexia and the thinking, talking, writing processes frequently interfere with each other.<br /><br />The thoughts re the problem with pre-design of informal learning came from reading James Clay's blog although he was talking about located learning and I am in the online learning world, however the same conundrum exists in both - the creation of places in which it might take place, along with permissioning / encouraging students seems to work fairly well in both worlds. Something that I remembered after writing was that during my time at The Ultralab we used to occasionally have team meetings outdoors, sometimes in a nearby beer garden and sometimes on the move such as a walk by the canal. Although some of these were planned and organised there were spontaneous meetings as well. There was usually little in the way of an agenda and often a lot of productive unplanned discussion and a fair bit of time spent on vectors that were way off our research or work-role contexts. The process helped team bonding and could be seen as including elements of informal and/or non-formal learning. <br /><br />I do think we get too tied down into categorising everything into neat boxes - that sometimes makes it easier to talk in specifics but can also become almost nonsensical at times when it all gets too artificial. The outdoor meetings and the value and the blend of formality and informality would also be apparent were I to say: "I was one of a bunch of professionals who decided to meet in beer gardens and for walks, we talked about all sorts of useful stuff, some of which we had planned and some of which just popped into the experience, we all felt that we deepened our friendship and learned loads." Does it actually matter that much where the boundaries were between the informal and informal? many papers could be written on that but would there be any point? As you imply I also feel the real world is a blended fuzzy place but we also have to contend with being part of a micromanaged institutionalised world where time is money and every second has to be justified re productivity in terms that fit policies and accepted procedures and record keeping - fuzzy blendy activities are hard to tick box. <br /><br />I use image banners in my module spaces to create a sense of place and do use pictures / diagrams in my learning resources a fair bit - some of them can be seen on the Posters blog post including an animated one used during an online induction. I never use other people's images, always my own photos unless I am talking about someone else's image. That post was used to encourage students to make a poster that used text and a relevant image at the start of the course, so many inspirational posters just seem to have the text stuck on any old background. The students go on to create photo-stories, comic strips and eventually animations and videos if they wish to do so. http://ii-learning.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/posters.html They leave the course with highly refined presentations skills. <br />Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037532634979796485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026406428691666828.post-53330764062764038242015-07-16T14:13:56.344+01:002015-07-16T14:13:56.344+01:00Hi Ian,
Wow, this is a waterfall of thoughts! Lov...Hi Ian,<br /><br />Wow, this is a waterfall of thoughts! Lovely to see that FOS seems to be a useful opportunity to reflect on your practice and wider issues and opportunities. You seem to be thinking through the writing process. It is wonderful! I often do this as well but my posts are never that detailed. I seem to use pictures more easily than words. You have given this type of expression a go as well. <br /><br />You mention formal and informal learning and how if we pre-design informal learning for the students this becomes something else. I am wondering if this scaffold can be helpful to students if we progressively let go? You also made me think about non-formal learning which is a term I have struggled understanding but recently, I think I have cracked it. Well I think I have thanks to Grainne Conole... I can now better see the difference between informal and non-formal learning and am not sure if in a world where everything seems to blend or run into each other, we need all these terms... What are your thoughts around this? Would love to find out.<br /><br />Thank you for joining us this week.<br /><br />ChrissiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com