Two weeks ago, I really struggled to come up with a metaphor for a learning space. I chose a poem, Daffodils by WIlliam Wordsworth to represent the individual learning through inspiration that came from nature. I also liked a learning space as a metaphor of a journey, or conceptualised as a dining table or the […]

My collage is one of juxtapositions. Three papers contributed to my final interpretation of the spaces of the IDEL course: Bayne et al (2013) Being ‘at’ university: the social topologies of distance students Sheail (2017) The digital university and the shifting time-space of the campus Nordquist et al (2015) Designing spaces for the networked learning […]

  Click on the link below to see the Miro Board and the Student Photos of Learning Spaces. (Once you’ve had a look, please return to the blog and listen) Miro Board   Now please press play:   Distance students, we find, need their own version of the ‘certainties’ of bounded, campus space, while at […]

  When I entered the IDEL realm in Minecraft,  I was completely out of my comfort zone and put off creating anything until the very end of the week. I was at a loss as to how to proceed and it was humbling to be given strict demonstrations by my two sons. How the tables […]

First there was this…… and then this….. and maybe this soon….

  A Learning Space is a space where you are enabled to learn. Traditionally, this is a quiet space, free from distractions. A learning space should enhance the acquisition of knowledge, allow the learner to process the knowledge, apply the knowledge and ultimately create something, using that knowledge. I don’t think a learning space need […]

  A learning space should inspire, enable, provoke and interest…. https://vimeo.com/109585616 Observations There were several common themes running through all the metaphors that the IDEL students came up with on the forum. Some of the concepts of a learning space that we chose to define through our metaphors were: learning takes place anytime learning takes […]

  The elephant I think it is a fun image for a learning space – we all take away something different from our learning experiences. (This image has many layers. It is originally linked to the parable of the blind men and the elephant.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant; which could be construed as a warning that we make judgements […]

    Here is my prototype Bot.   It is all about the possibilities of ‘open-ended’ thought, provoked pictorially and aurally.   Vizbot – Emma Morton

Biesta suggests that meaningful education should be considered under three dimensions: content, purpose and relationships. I think this is a useful framework to apply when designing a bot that ultimately should ‘create something pedagogically generative’ (Baynes 2015). Underlining these three considerations, is the need for the bot to be ‘playful’, as Baynes argued. My professional […]