Talk given to Pararchive Conference Leeds March 2015 on the the Participatory Curation model Aggregate then Curate and what we learnt about digital story telling using social media in the MOSI-ALONG Ambient Learning City Project
An Urban Ecology for the re-enchantment of cities, lives and people based on community-building, place-making and social interactions in digital Third Places. Proposing we develop a practice of #socialimprov to transform our neighbourhoods by developing cultural folksonomy based on local actions
The social web offers a welcome place for individual philanthropic activity (original homeless image by jlmccoy). New research funded by the Columbus Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation demonstrates that High dollar donors — especially 30-49 year-olds — use the social web, but have yet to be engaged by strong, trustworthy philanthropic organizations. This was among the key findings of the new research study, “Community Philanthropy 2.0,” conducted by Beth Kanter, Qui Diaz and Geoff Livingston.
The Community Philanthropy 2.0 research study examined the use of social media by non-profits and causes, as well as existing donors and Internet “savvy” users’ traditional and social media usage patterns. The research was designed to determine if and how social media can be used to engage and cultivate high dollar donors.
Presentation at CSR Symposium in #yyc. This slide deck explores the evolution of corporate engagement in community and three distinct case studies of the new face of corporate citizenship.
Now you have finished your site and someone asked you the question: How many users can we serve before we need more power and muscle on our server environment? Good question! And if you don't know how to find that out, how to measure it, and find the bottle necks, come to this session. You’ll find out how to get started and learn more about tools for Coldfusion application load testing and how to use them.
See Video Recording of Talk at NCDevCon here:
http://goo.gl/Obia8
An Urban Ecology for the re-enchantment of cities, lives and people based on community-building, place-making and social interactions in digital Third Places. Proposing we develop a practice of #socialimprov to transform our neighbourhoods by developing cultural folksonomy based on local actions
The social web offers a welcome place for individual philanthropic activity (original homeless image by jlmccoy). New research funded by the Columbus Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation demonstrates that High dollar donors — especially 30-49 year-olds — use the social web, but have yet to be engaged by strong, trustworthy philanthropic organizations. This was among the key findings of the new research study, “Community Philanthropy 2.0,” conducted by Beth Kanter, Qui Diaz and Geoff Livingston.
The Community Philanthropy 2.0 research study examined the use of social media by non-profits and causes, as well as existing donors and Internet “savvy” users’ traditional and social media usage patterns. The research was designed to determine if and how social media can be used to engage and cultivate high dollar donors.
Presentation at CSR Symposium in #yyc. This slide deck explores the evolution of corporate engagement in community and three distinct case studies of the new face of corporate citizenship.
Now you have finished your site and someone asked you the question: How many users can we serve before we need more power and muscle on our server environment? Good question! And if you don't know how to find that out, how to measure it, and find the bottle necks, come to this session. You’ll find out how to get started and learn more about tools for Coldfusion application load testing and how to use them.
See Video Recording of Talk at NCDevCon here:
http://goo.gl/Obia8
Designing Participatory Smart Cities. A Public Lecture given in Bristol at the Arnolfini Gallery. Looking at how Web 2.0 tools and techniques can help make the emerging smart city participative & help CityZens take centre-stage by context-shaping where they live with context-engineering tools. Looking at; the history of cities and neighbourhood actions, the history of technologically-enabled social change, Web 2.0 & context-shaping, Learner-generated contexts development frameworks, Context & social change, possible city futures, context-engineering & CityZens...
Transmedia literacy conference - Barcelona 10th December 2013USAC Program
Transmedia Literacy. From Storytelling to Intercreativity in the Era of Distributed Authorship.
The research Program in Digital Culture (IN3 — Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) is organizing a one-day international seminar on Transmedia Literacy. From Storytelling to Intercreativity in the Era of Distributed Authorship in Barcelona on December 10th.
We invite researchers, scholars, PhD candidates, experts and practitioners to submit papers, case studies, and transmedia projects for presentation at the seminar.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Cultural Production, Crossmedia and New Authorship
Narrative Models and Processes of Transmedia Storytelling
Theories of Fiction/Representation
Reception Theory in Gender and Media Studies
Digital Rhetoric and Information Aesthetics in Transmedia Storytelling
Participatory Cultures and Fan Cultures
Transmedia and Education
Crowdfunding/crowdsourcing Productions
Political Economy of Transmedia
Screenwriting and Semiotics of New Media
Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome.
What are Third Places, what are their key characteristics & features? What have we learnt on the #oosEU project and how can they help build the participatory city 2.0? What have we learnt about how citizen actions can help create new socio-economic contexts through Cultural Regeneration and how can we feed that forward into new processes of legitimacy? Could this be the role of the emerging #CityZen
My presentation at Mediated City Conference Bristol looking at how structured social media use can help enable new forms of public agency in the emerging Smart City, better City 2.0. Social Networks offer us strong ties & weak ties and Social change comes from an collaborative mix of string & weak ties/
Knowledge Sharing for Social Innovation: The Dutch Tilburg Regional CaseCommunitySense
Social innovation as a process is about multiple stakeholders working together on joint, economically and socially sustainable solutions for wicked societal problems. Social innovation both co-creates value for individual stakeholders involved, and contributes to the common good. It has been an important theme in the the Dutch city of Tilburg and the surrounding region of Midden-Brabant for years. A successful regional social innovation ecosystem exists. Knowledge sharing about the innovations remains a bottleneck, however. Two initiatives to increase regional social innovation knowledge sharing capacity are presented: the social innovation storytelling architecture and the Tilburg public library prototype KnowledgeCloud for catalyzing knowledge sharing across regional themes of interest.
Creativity Meets Rationale - Collaboration Patterns for Social InnovationCommunitySense
Collaborative communities require a wide range of face-to-face and online communication tools. Their socio-technical systems continuously grow, driven by evolving stakeholder requirements and newly available technologies. Designing tool systems that (continue to) match authentic community needs is not trivial. Collaboration patterns can help community members specify customized systems that capture their unique requirements, while reusing lessons learnt by other communnities. Such patterns are an excellent example of combining the strengths of creativity and rationale. In this chapter, we explore the role that collaboration patterns can play in designing the socio-technical infrastructure for collaborative communities. We do so via a cross-case analysis of three Dutch social innovation communities simultaneously being set-up. Our goal with this case study is two-fold: (1) understanding what social innovation is from a socio-technical lens and (2) exploring how the rationale of collaboration patterns can be used to develop creative socio-technical solutions for working communities.
Presentation to the ALT MOOCsig (special interest group) at UCL 26 June 2014. This discusses whether xMOOCS address equity & inclusion in light of what we have learnt from 20 years of developing e-learning systems & resources.
Cultural Heritage as a Mean of Social Inclusion: Work in Progress in the Cult...Museums Computer Group
Luigina Ciolfi, Danilo Giglitto and Eleanor Lockley, Sheffield Hallam University, and Abir Tobji and Katy Ashton, People’s History Museum
CultureLabs is an international project focusing on the role of culture and heritage in facilitating social inclusion. Wider and deeper community engagement in the heritage sector has been aided by digital technologies to engage communities who may feel disconnected from heritage institutions, such as migrants and refugees.
CultureLabs’ universities, heritage institutions, SMEs, and NGOs are developing a digital platform for facilitating participatory cultural projects with communities of migrants or refugees, and for sharing best practices.
Through pilots in three countries, the CultureLabs approach and technology will be developed and evaluated. The UK pilot is led by the People’s History Museum. As the UK approaches Brexit, PHM will engage communities in Greater Manchester to reflect on the theme of migration: they will meet, discuss, and explore what they have ‘More in Common’ and what it means to live in multicultural Britain. These events will lead to the co-production of an exhibition that reflects on the museum collection and the recently acquired Jo Cox memorial wall.
In the presentation, we will discuss how CultureLabs’ technology and pilots will create bridges between cultural institutions, migrants’ communities, and support communities to facilitate the design, execution and sharing of participatory projects for social inclusion.
The MA in Digital Humanities at King's College London looks at how we create and disseminate knowledge in an age where so much of what we do is mobile, networked and mediated by digital culture and technology
It gives a critical perspective on digital theory and practice in studying human culture, from the perspectives of academic scholarship, cultural heritage and the commercial world
We study the history and current state of the digital humanities, and their role in modelling, curating, analysing and interpreting digital representations of human culture in all its forms.
For more information: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/study/pgt/madh/index.aspx
Presentation online for Bucharest on 10/11/23. Full presentation first link, based on 13 Steps to a Craft of Teaching (in the Age of Algorithms) Individual resources listed thereafter (below) All resources derived from our book Digital Learning: Architectures of Participation
Celebrating 10 years of World Heutagogy Day; What is Heutagogy? PAH Continuum, Double Loop Learning, examining heutagogical practices, Creativity in Learning, Green My Learning, Heutagogy for Teachers, Heutagogy for Primary School, with access to free online resources for teachers and learners
Designing Participatory Smart Cities. A Public Lecture given in Bristol at the Arnolfini Gallery. Looking at how Web 2.0 tools and techniques can help make the emerging smart city participative & help CityZens take centre-stage by context-shaping where they live with context-engineering tools. Looking at; the history of cities and neighbourhood actions, the history of technologically-enabled social change, Web 2.0 & context-shaping, Learner-generated contexts development frameworks, Context & social change, possible city futures, context-engineering & CityZens...
Transmedia literacy conference - Barcelona 10th December 2013USAC Program
Transmedia Literacy. From Storytelling to Intercreativity in the Era of Distributed Authorship.
The research Program in Digital Culture (IN3 — Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) is organizing a one-day international seminar on Transmedia Literacy. From Storytelling to Intercreativity in the Era of Distributed Authorship in Barcelona on December 10th.
We invite researchers, scholars, PhD candidates, experts and practitioners to submit papers, case studies, and transmedia projects for presentation at the seminar.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Cultural Production, Crossmedia and New Authorship
Narrative Models and Processes of Transmedia Storytelling
Theories of Fiction/Representation
Reception Theory in Gender and Media Studies
Digital Rhetoric and Information Aesthetics in Transmedia Storytelling
Participatory Cultures and Fan Cultures
Transmedia and Education
Crowdfunding/crowdsourcing Productions
Political Economy of Transmedia
Screenwriting and Semiotics of New Media
Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome.
What are Third Places, what are their key characteristics & features? What have we learnt on the #oosEU project and how can they help build the participatory city 2.0? What have we learnt about how citizen actions can help create new socio-economic contexts through Cultural Regeneration and how can we feed that forward into new processes of legitimacy? Could this be the role of the emerging #CityZen
My presentation at Mediated City Conference Bristol looking at how structured social media use can help enable new forms of public agency in the emerging Smart City, better City 2.0. Social Networks offer us strong ties & weak ties and Social change comes from an collaborative mix of string & weak ties/
Knowledge Sharing for Social Innovation: The Dutch Tilburg Regional CaseCommunitySense
Social innovation as a process is about multiple stakeholders working together on joint, economically and socially sustainable solutions for wicked societal problems. Social innovation both co-creates value for individual stakeholders involved, and contributes to the common good. It has been an important theme in the the Dutch city of Tilburg and the surrounding region of Midden-Brabant for years. A successful regional social innovation ecosystem exists. Knowledge sharing about the innovations remains a bottleneck, however. Two initiatives to increase regional social innovation knowledge sharing capacity are presented: the social innovation storytelling architecture and the Tilburg public library prototype KnowledgeCloud for catalyzing knowledge sharing across regional themes of interest.
Creativity Meets Rationale - Collaboration Patterns for Social InnovationCommunitySense
Collaborative communities require a wide range of face-to-face and online communication tools. Their socio-technical systems continuously grow, driven by evolving stakeholder requirements and newly available technologies. Designing tool systems that (continue to) match authentic community needs is not trivial. Collaboration patterns can help community members specify customized systems that capture their unique requirements, while reusing lessons learnt by other communnities. Such patterns are an excellent example of combining the strengths of creativity and rationale. In this chapter, we explore the role that collaboration patterns can play in designing the socio-technical infrastructure for collaborative communities. We do so via a cross-case analysis of three Dutch social innovation communities simultaneously being set-up. Our goal with this case study is two-fold: (1) understanding what social innovation is from a socio-technical lens and (2) exploring how the rationale of collaboration patterns can be used to develop creative socio-technical solutions for working communities.
Presentation to the ALT MOOCsig (special interest group) at UCL 26 June 2014. This discusses whether xMOOCS address equity & inclusion in light of what we have learnt from 20 years of developing e-learning systems & resources.
Cultural Heritage as a Mean of Social Inclusion: Work in Progress in the Cult...Museums Computer Group
Luigina Ciolfi, Danilo Giglitto and Eleanor Lockley, Sheffield Hallam University, and Abir Tobji and Katy Ashton, People’s History Museum
CultureLabs is an international project focusing on the role of culture and heritage in facilitating social inclusion. Wider and deeper community engagement in the heritage sector has been aided by digital technologies to engage communities who may feel disconnected from heritage institutions, such as migrants and refugees.
CultureLabs’ universities, heritage institutions, SMEs, and NGOs are developing a digital platform for facilitating participatory cultural projects with communities of migrants or refugees, and for sharing best practices.
Through pilots in three countries, the CultureLabs approach and technology will be developed and evaluated. The UK pilot is led by the People’s History Museum. As the UK approaches Brexit, PHM will engage communities in Greater Manchester to reflect on the theme of migration: they will meet, discuss, and explore what they have ‘More in Common’ and what it means to live in multicultural Britain. These events will lead to the co-production of an exhibition that reflects on the museum collection and the recently acquired Jo Cox memorial wall.
In the presentation, we will discuss how CultureLabs’ technology and pilots will create bridges between cultural institutions, migrants’ communities, and support communities to facilitate the design, execution and sharing of participatory projects for social inclusion.
The MA in Digital Humanities at King's College London looks at how we create and disseminate knowledge in an age where so much of what we do is mobile, networked and mediated by digital culture and technology
It gives a critical perspective on digital theory and practice in studying human culture, from the perspectives of academic scholarship, cultural heritage and the commercial world
We study the history and current state of the digital humanities, and their role in modelling, curating, analysing and interpreting digital representations of human culture in all its forms.
For more information: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/study/pgt/madh/index.aspx
Presentation online for Bucharest on 10/11/23. Full presentation first link, based on 13 Steps to a Craft of Teaching (in the Age of Algorithms) Individual resources listed thereafter (below) All resources derived from our book Digital Learning: Architectures of Participation
Celebrating 10 years of World Heutagogy Day; What is Heutagogy? PAH Continuum, Double Loop Learning, examining heutagogical practices, Creativity in Learning, Green My Learning, Heutagogy for Teachers, Heutagogy for Primary School, with access to free online resources for teachers and learners
Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom. An overview discussion of education and learning. Do I enter education merely to receive curated information or to acquire some core knowledge on my own path to wisdom? Some questions / provocations
FREE DOWNLOAD of Heutagogy for Primary Schools book by Vijaya Khanu Bote (edited). Edited by Nigel Ecclesfield and presented for use by teachers, outside the Indian education system, who wish to develop their learner-centred practice and increase learner-agency in primary schools.
FREE DOWNLOAD! This is a Resource Book for teachers who wish to help their children become self-determined learners. Based on the everyday practice of Vijaya Bhanu Kote over the past 10 years in India. Vijaya shares stories, tips and resources relating how she developed a unique relationship with her children, their parents and the local community. This award winning teacher now shares how her love and commitment is changing lives and futures
What we learned about education and self-determination when we occupied Northern Poly for 5 months and ran it as a community festival. We occupied the canteen for 5 years and discovered social anarchism as a natural human organising principle, so becoming socially useful human beings
An overview of the issues highlighted by the 2021 FE White Paper using 3 lenses. The paper itself, the reaction from FE bodies and our view from an Architecture of Participation perspective
A Curated Conversation on the question "Is Heutagogy the Future of Education?" by 16 members of the World Heutagogy Crew answering the UNESCO call on the Future of Education for 2050
An overview of ideas and approaches that teachers can use, adopt or think about in developing their practice from subject based learning based on content delivery to a more inclusive learner-centred approach. This is based on developing the confidence and curiosity of their learners by developing the self-determination of their learning. How can teachers achieve this in the digital age of learning? Here are some ideas and successful practice that teachers can emulate and learnt from
Digital Learning Architectures of Participation our new book published by IGI Global July 2020. How can we build learning infrastructures for the 21st century? We ask 8 key questions and answer them with new toolkits and our development frameworks. Links to the book and book chapters. Links to our blogs and more online resources
Key issues in the 21st Century Future of Education; Pedagogy, Heutagogy, Technology, Social Media, New Learning Infrastructures based on Digital Learning Architectures of Participation We will need teacher as Digital Practitioners and Technology Stewards
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A curated conversation collaboratively answering the question How Do We Green Our Learning with 5 themes; Ecosystem, Planet & Lifestyles, Movement & Natural Curiosity, Context & Place, Science & Technology
I've been involved in greening learning for 40 years and this is what I have learnt so far. Green My Reading, green my institution, green my library & much more
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
2. Participatory Curation
a model for integrating curation and
the story-telling of communities
“MOSI-ALONG; personal narratives
about economic history in Manchester
during a recession using
#socialmedia”
@fredgarnett @drewwhitworth1
Pararchive Conference Leeds University
March 27 2015 #pararchive
3. Participatory Curation
Topics
Learner-Generated Contexts Group
Ambient Learning Cities
Emergent Learning Model
MOSI-ALONG project
Partnership Building in Manchester
Everything is a Metaphor
Digital Cabinets of Curiosity
Aggregate then Curate
Aggregate then Curate; full paper
4. Participatory Curation
Learner-Generated Contexts Group
Came together in 2006 to develop
post-Web 2.0 models of learning
Created Open Context Model of
Learning 2007; a multi-context open
pedagogy to help design learning in
new contexts like cities…
Ambient Learning Manchester; can
#socialmedia transform contexts so
learning can take place everywhere?
Open Context Model of Learning
5. Participatory Curation
What is a
Learner-Generated Context?
”A Coincidence of
Motivations leading to
Agile Configurations”
Or new open Partnerships leading
to new social Processes…
6. Participatory Curation
What is an Ambient Learning City?
A new layer of the City, not a property
An affordance of new, social media
Enabling post-institutional emergence
Supporting context-responsive learning
An open, adjacent platform that may allow
transformation to the network society
BUT Ambient Learning City was designed
to test multi-context learning so Mosi-Along
Social Cities of Tomorrow
7. Participatory Curation
Mosi-Along in Manchester
Partnership linking Manchester University,
MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry),
Community Centres (ArcSpace, MadLab),
Community Learning (LSEN, Libraries)
Social Media (People’s Voice Media)
Social Groups (Salford History Group)
Cultural Spaces (Cornerhouse) for…
Digital Storytelling about economic
histories creating possible futures
9. Participatory Curation
#MosiAlong project Manchester
The project rethought cultural relationships
between community & institution with;
Participative curatorial strategies using
Social objects (Nina Simon);
“Social objects (owned by participants) are
transactional, facilitating exchanges among
those who encounter them” enabling an
“object-centred sociality” (Engestrom)
Allowing redefinition of storytelling tropes
The Participatory Museum
10. Participatory Curation
New metaphors / new relationships
The Participatory Curation problem is;
Cultural participation prescribed by experts
Promoting expertise-centred hierarchies
We needed new metaphors as well as
A cultural object-centred sociality
We needed to learn anew how to design for
city-centric emergent processes,
Using *new* metaphors such as…
Everything is a Metaphor
12. Participatory Curation
Why Digital Cabinets of Curiosities?
1. Cabinets of Curiosities predate Museums
2. Then; New Artefacts! New collections!
Promoting New futures! A mystical fascination
3. Now; museums curate & codify traditional
collections. Promoting old histories :-(
Let’s build Digital Cabinets of Curiosities
Rewrite our narrative relationships with cultural
objects that we own and choose to share…
1835 Museums Act 1870 Education Act
13. Participatory Curation
New Metaphors New Narratives;
Examples in Social Media Festival 9/2011
1. Films about Digital Cabinets of Curiosities
2. Manchester Ship Canal Artefacts on Facebook
3. A realtime History of Manchester in 100 Objects
(Google Doc celebrating Manchester positively
during riotous times)
More on MOSI-ALONG Blog
14. Participatory Curation
"The very act of
telling your story
possesses power
The end result is that...
we become courageous”
Do Stories – Bobbett Buster
19. Participatory Curation
Using inclusive #socialmedia processes designed
to capture emergent behaviour such as
Aggregate then Curate
A social media participation model derived from
object-centred sociality
Enabling public narratives based on
Users aggregation of their own objects…
Curated around personal narratives
Capturing city histories to share…
Aggregate then Curate
20. Aggregate then Curate; Emergence
Integrating the Physical & the Digital with Social Media
21. Aggregate then Curate; Final version
As applied to Mosi-Along, ascribing roles, responsibilities & values
22. Aggregate then Curate; Final version
This is the point at which learning pathways are embedded:
a point of tension between the informal and formal
Analysis of critical issues in moving informal interest-driven
activities into formal structured processes
23. Participatory Curation
Mosi-Along Project learnt that;
Learning can be context-responsive BUT you
have to create new processes for new contexts
Culture is based on old narrative histories
Social media allow new narratives
People relate through networks/communities,
Cities are built on institutional public spaces
We need networks that allow personal stories
to be re-written in new digital public spaces
24. Participatory Curation
a model for integrating curation and
the story-telling of communities;
We developed;
New social, media partnerships
New context-responsive metaphors
New social media training
New processes for capturing participation
Understood
How to apply andragogy & heutagogy
The need for a Digital Public Space
The utility of Social Scrapbooking
25. Participatory Curation
a model for integrating curation and
the story-telling of communities
But, as Terry Gilliam says in Brazil;
“Information Retrieval is
Expensive”
26. Ambient Learning City; Resources
Links
Aggregate then Curate Research Paper
Mosi-along Blog
Emergent Learning Model
Participatory Museum; Social Objects
RunCoCo Community Collections
Aggregate then Curate
Digital Cabinets of Curiosities
Social scrapbooking; Bibblio & xtlearn.net
28. Ambient Learning City; Networks
Smart Cities / Networked Society / Participative
Democracy
So these require us to ask new questions of;
existing institutions, social relations & the
power structures of democracy & knowledge
We need to put context back into knowledge
Cities have multiple ambient contexts which
can both allow & support new answers;
If we design for appropriation by our citizens
29. Participatory Curation
Emergent Learning Model;
A new underpinning model of smart learning
Post-Bologna process for i2020 integrating;
Informal; self-organising smart mobs
Non-formal; content-curation as learning
Formal; post-hoc accreditation
OR
Smart Mobs + Everything is Miscellaneous =
Here Comes Everybody
Emergent Learning Model