The document discusses the need for sharing design knowledge and learning patterns more widely. It argues that while new technologies have increased access, many lack expertise in using them effectively for learning. Narratives and case studies can help exchange knowledge, but more work is needed to extract design patterns from them. Patterns describe recurring problems and solutions that can be applied in different contexts. The document provides tips for identifying patterns from cases and refining patterns through discussion and additional examples.

4. Note III: The void The Prophets will tell you what should be done The Explorers will tell you what they did Current discussion of learning and technology alternates between the abstract theoretical and the anecdotal. In between there is a shortage of design-level discourse. ?

5. Where am I? What do I do now? You're in a hot air balloon You should find where you want to go and land there. Did I tell about the time I crossed the Himalayas in a Zeppelin?

7. The Design Knowledge Problem Expert := one who solves problems in a particular domain Expert := has domain design knowledge Experts do, Consultants talk Experts talk in jargon But..

8. Anyone seen a common language? Learners? Design Knowledge in TEL Developers Policy makers Teachers Researchers

11. Narratives – where do they come from, Where do they go?

12. The “good” case: There and back again Context Challenge Success Reflection

15. I wasn’t there Don’t assume that I am familiar with your context. What you take for granted, for me is a new world. Take your time to set the scene: who, where, when. 3 May. Bistritz.--Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets. I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible. In the war of Troy, the Greeks having sacked some of the neighbouring towns, and taken from thence two beautiful captives, Chryseis and Briseis, allotted the first to Agamemnon, and the last to Achilles. Chryses, the father of Chryseis, and priest of Apollo, comes to the Grecian camp to ransom her; with which the action of the poem opens, in the tenth year of the siege. There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?' Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned: Introibo ad altare Dei .

19. What do you see? After a case story is presented, ask the audience to identify the primary points from their perspective. What is the key message you take from this story?

21. highlight concepts Hazard: needs definition Asset: Key common concept

22. map them

24. Design patterns [describe] a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice (Alexander et al., 1977) ‏ C o n t e x t Problem Solution

25. Problem Keep the rain out Context Cold, wet, poor. Method of solution Thatched roof Related Timber frame, Slanted roof, Chimney

26. example: activity nodes Design problem Community facilities scattered individually through the city do nothing for the life of the city. Design solution Create nodes of activity throughout the community, spread about 300 yards apart. http://www.uni-weimar.de/architektur/InfAR/lehre/Entwurf/Patterns/030/ca_030.html

31. Huston. We have a problem If there isn't a problem, there's no need to design. Problems are your friends! A good problem description is half the solution. But, describing a problem is a problem Colliding forces: we want A, but need to satisfy B Elimination: Where would we be without this? Exclusion: What does this solve that a cheaper alternative couldn't C o n t e x t Problem Solution

32. It depends (on the ...)‏ Too broad : applicable everywhere, but hard to apply Too narrow : immediate to apply but rare application Feature deletion: Start from a story context, delete non-essential detail Boundaries: Note where this pattern doesn't apply Fusing: Find two examples, note common features C o n t e x t Problem Solution

33. [describe] a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice (Alexander et al., 1977)‏ C o n t e x t Problem Solution

36. Repeat. http://xkcd.com/289/

37. Coming up..

38. Mark Kramer: Reflections of a Nomadic Learner in the Age of Ubiquitous Communication, Jan. 9 @LKL Ubiquitous communication and mixed-reality computing scenarios are becoming commonplace and are influencing in the way in which individuals communicate and relate with others and their surroundings. This talk will present reflections of a nomadic learner who is examining how existing and emerging information & communications technologies and services are redefining formal and informal learning scenarios. The expected result of this talk will be to ultimately inspire those in attendance to gain a clearer perspective on how we are shaping the future of learning.

39. Deadline: December 23rd 2008 [email_address] http://www.iwm-kmrc.de/workshops/e-learning-patterns/

41. July 8-12, 2009, Irsee Monastery, Bavaria Deadline : February 14, 2009 http://www.hillside.net/europlop/ http://flickr.com/photos/ademaraguiar/

42. Thank you The pattern language network project: http://patternlanguagenetwork.org Yishay Mor http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html yishaym@gmail.com This presentation