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@Zahra Davidson | @EnrolYourself enrolyourself.com
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What they’re missing
Their current exploration
Their motivations
Why are they interested in lifelong learning? What are the causes
that matter most to them? What are they exploring in their work?
What do they want to discover, create or build?
Their burning question
How would they complete the phrase “How might I ...”
How are they already exploring the question?
What do they need to further their exploration?
Prioritise a learning question

Set out on a learning marathon.
Design your route. Crowd-source
the support you need.
A learning marathon is a way to harness the
potential of peer groups, infinite content and a
networked world for personalised, flexible,
affordable lifelong learning.

Set out on a learning
marathon

The call for unprecedented creativity in
response to challenges is coming from
every direction. Enrol Yourself is for
those who want to respond, through
continual creative development.

Participant personas
Setting up your
own venture
Craving creative
development
Learning on and for
the job

If you can challenge your
physical endurance in the name
of a good cause, then why not
your creative capacities?

Form a peer
group
Set learning
goals
Appoint tutor
& mentor
Short
challenges
Longer projects
Set up experiences
e.g. collaborate w.
organisations
Peer-to-peer
assessment
Reach goals and
learning outcomes!
Get endorsement
Get sponsored
to reach goals
5
10
15
20
25
26
Marathon as analogy

0 0
1000 500
7 7
26 13
Months
Meet-ups
Approx hrs per wk
Sponsorship target
Participation fee
12 6
Learning marathon Half marathon
Full or half marathon?

Learning marathon: route breakdown
Applications Design Experience Iterate Graduate
+ Route (7hrs per wk)
26 Bi-weekly touchpoints
10 Commitments
Peer group
+ Learning experiences
+ Job/occupation
Shotgun
Weekend
Power up
Weekend
Halfway
Weekend
Last leg
Weekend
Finish Line!
Sept 17/18th 2016
Dec 10/11th 2016
March 18/19th 2017
June 17/18 2017
Sept 16/17th 2017
• Set learning goals and get
sponsored to reach them
• Design your route and set up
learning experiences
• Crowd-source support, appoint
mentors and tutors
• Stick to the structure of
bi-weekly touchpoints
• Design & run2 x learning
sessions for the group
• Contribute to the running of
the group
• Document & share your
experiences
• Peer-to-peer assessment &
reflection
• Produce graduation event
together

Learning Q:
“How can movement and performance be used to explore, express
and overcome limiting thinking habits?”
Roxana’s learning marathon
Learning
experiences
Part-time Graphic
Designer
+ Route
Set a coreo brief and
respon to this through
forming a group and
working with a mental
health org
+ Route (7hrs per wk)
26 Bi-weekly touchpoints
10 Commitments
Set a 3-month writing
challenge and publish
this on a blog
Volunteer with a dance
therapy studio
Roxana
Set a 30-day dance
video challenge and
upload to Vimeo
Sept - Oct 16 Oct - March 17 March- June 17 June - Sept 17
• Set up learning marathon
• Sign-up for regular writing class
• Sign-up for regular dance class
• Set up chats with people in
dance, writing and performance
• Start writing project proposal
for application
• Make list of potential
collaborators in mental health
sector
• Start creating own work and
coreographies and share
• Set a writing brief and share
this online
• Attend dance rehearsals of
dance companies
• Apply for funding
• Create website to showcase
project
• Set up a collaboration with a
mental health organisation
• Produce a self-made
coreography and present this
to the public
• Self-publish my writing
• Register to perform my
writing pieces at different
events across London
KJ Ho Dance project
with Vanessa Smith,
dancer and teacher
Create work as part of a
community of dancers
set up by Adrian, dance
teacher
• Update website with all
videos of work created
• Update blog with all writing
pieces
• Get recommendations from
collaborators and teachers
Continue to create my
own writing pieces and
perform these at events
in London

Kick off weekend
Intensive weekend meet-ups
Usual run time Saturday & Sunday
• Learning design & orientation
Outlining learning goals & experiences, checking progress against them
• Creative sessions & challenges
Sprint-style challenges, skill swaps, invite in externals etc.
• Mapping
Network mapping, skills mapping, goal mapping
• Going to the pub

Evening meet up
Bi-weekly meet-ups
Usual run time 6-9.30pm
• Housekeeping 45mins: Check-ins, admin, notices etc.
• Buddy group sessions 60mins: Crit sessions, action learning sets,
peer-to-peer assesment & feedback
• Creative session 60mins: One hour challenges, skill sharing etc.
• Nominate session 30mins: Adapts to the needs of the group

What you get at the end
Creative fitness
Expanded network
Portfolio boost
Entrepreneurial skills
Peer endorsement...
and would it be a marathon without a medal?

Backward design process
1.
Outline learning
goal / question /
hypothesis
2.
Identify or
design learning
experiences
3.
Determine
acceptable
assessment
A = Tool to explore
B = Tool to narrow
C = Prioritise

Design
Core
Living
systems
Learning
& education
Sustainable
innovation
Education
innovation
Sustainability
learning
‘The respectful interdependence of
people and living systems is coming
back to life’ John Thackara
How can design of learning
experiences - and the
systems by which they are
accessed and delivered -
be tools to enhance this
interdependence?
Zahra Davidson

Emergent learning

Emergent group learning

Core group learning outcomes
Ability to lead a design process, advance your idea
generation, add value to ideas through iteration
Build a systemic perspective of a challenge to inform an
agile strategy and practical route forward.
Grow soft skills that relate to entrepreneurialism, such as
building mutually beneficial relationships.
Understand the processes which underly personal and
group learning in order to support yourself and others.
Develop personal qualities including adaptability, resilience,
communication and balance.

Diverse interests?

1. Peer group & buddy group
2. Map our networks
3. External tutor & mentor
4. Sponsorship
5. Digitally enabled
Structure and discipline

Our supporters

Who are we looking for?
EY

Code of conduct
1. This is a collective endeavour
2. This is a prototype
3. Supporting others is key to your learning
4. You are ultimately respondible
5. Commit to the basic route

What’s the timeline?
Aug wk 22nd
Phone
calls
Sept 17/18th
Kick off
weekend
Aug 26th
Group
announced
June 29th
Applications
open
Aug 17th
Applications
close

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