Learning in the Open Footprints of Emergence workshop at ALT-C, 2013

Roy Williams & Jenny Mackness

with open

participation

Unpredictable

…with no-one able to follow everything.

… between many people & resources ...

Self-organizingAdaptive

… frequent interaction …

Emergence is …?

Independent

What were we thinking about?

Visualization – a series of rich pictures, to respond to …

1. Prescriptive and emergent learning?

2. Dynamics of change?

3. Different perspectives.

4. Descriptive methodology.

5. Fitness for purpose

6. Collaborative reflection

… so we proceeded to put draw some 3D ‘footprints’ . . . .

Basic 3D Topograph

y

Open / Structure

Agency

Interactive Environment

Presence / Writing

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http://footprints-of-emergence.wikispaces.com

Thank you …

… and just in case, here are some

more examples of footprints from

other research …

Design Phase

Open / Structur

e

Presence/

Writing

Agency

Interactive

Environment

Troll Phase

Open / Structur

e

Interactive

Environment

Presence/

Writing

Agency

Settled

Phase

Open / Structur

e

Interactive

Environment

Presence/

Writing

Agency

ControlPhase

Open / Structur

e

Interactive

Environment

Presence/

Writing

Agency

Round-up

Phase

Open / Structur

e

Interactive

Environment

Presence/

Writing

Agency

e-Business& Innovation Lancaster

Teacher Training Course

Montessori Pre-scool

MEDIATE Interactive Space - UP

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