Planet: bringing learning design knowledge to the forefront Yishay Mor, London Knowledge Lab Steven Warburton, King's College London Janet Finlay, Leeds Metropolitan

Problem: Bad Design

the limit on growth is not the capacity to produce, but the knowledge to do it right. Problem: The Design Divide the gap between those who have the expertise to develop high-quality tools and resources and those who don’t (Mor & Winters, 2008*)‏

Solution...

Problem: acceleration The world is changing. Fast. Faster. Teachers are learners. Students are researchers. We are all designers of our own and our peer's learning experiences. Son, this was my dad's mobile. I want you to have it.

The world is changing. Fast. Faster.

Teachers are learners.

Students are researchers.

We are all designers of our own and our peer's learning experiences.

Participatory Methodology for Practical Design Patterns Problem Acceleration -> need for effective protocols for sharing of design knowledge Context interdisciplinary communities of practitioners engaged in collaborative reflection on a common theme of their practice. blended setting : co-located meetings + on-line collaborative authoring system.

Problem

Acceleration -> need for effective protocols for sharing of design knowledge

Context

interdisciplinary communities of practitioners engaged in collaborative reflection on a common theme of their practice.

blended setting : co-located meetings + on-line collaborative authoring system.

Solution: a series of three* collaborative reflection workshops Case Stories Workshop Engender collaborative reflection among practitioners by a structured process of sharing stories. Pattern Mining Workshop Eliciting patterns by reflecting on and comparing case stories. Future Scenarios Workshop Validating and enhancing patterns by applying them to novel problems.

Case Stories Workshop

Engender collaborative reflection among practitioners by a structured process of sharing stories.

Pattern Mining Workshop

Eliciting patterns by reflecting on and comparing case stories.

Future Scenarios Workshop

Validating and enhancing patterns by applying them to novel problems.

Collaborative reflection workshop Problem Facilitate on-going design-level conversation between designers and practitioners involved in diverse aspects of the problem domain. Open, trusting and convivial. And at the same time Critical, focused and output-directed.

Problem

Facilitate on-going design-level conversation between designers and practitioners involved in diverse aspects of the problem domain.

Open, trusting and convivial.

And at the same time

Critical, focused and output-directed.

Solution Before the workshop Establish communication channels Collect contributions On the day Intensive guided group work: process contributions, produce, share. After the workshop Refine products through on-line channels

Before the workshop

Establish communication channels

Collect contributions

On the day

Intensive guided group work: process contributions, produce, share.

After the workshop

Refine products through on-line channels

Workshop I: Sharing case stories

Problem: telling a good story is not so easy Inexperienced story-tellers might - Take the context for granted Preach, apologise, market, or generalise Avoid inconvenient details Interactive feedback should help, but peers might - Be reluctant to criticize Attribute misunderstanding to their own faults Loose attention

Inexperienced story-tellers might -

Take the context for granted

Preach, apologise, market, or generalise

Avoid inconvenient details

Interactive feedback should help, but peers might -

Be reluctant to criticize

Attribute misunderstanding to their own faults

Loose attention

Three hats

Thank you The pattern language network project: http://patternlanguagenetworg.org Yishay Mor http://people.lkl.ac.uk/yishay yishaym@gmail.com This presentation http://www.slideshare.net/yish/cal-09-mor-warburton