Mapping Tools Version 3

1. Visual mapping* of
Learning Expeditions
*Practical instructions and tips for
creating a visual map of your
Learning Expedition for planning,
communication, and co-creation.
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2. You can use the
mapping tools to
collaboratively develop
your learning
expedition with other
teachers, learners, and
explorers.
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Visualizing your Learning
Expedition – Why and how?
To communicate your
Learning Expedition to
othes. A clear visual
representation of what
actually happens during
the Learning Expedition
makes it a lot easier for
others to understand
and get involved!

3. Visualizing your Learning
Expedition – Why and how?
How a visual map helps you with your Learning Expedition?
Any means of illustrating and visualization is guaranteed to help you communicate your
Learning Expedition and coordinate your activities. This kit is but one example of how you
can communicate what is happening in your learning expedition and what is required to
make it happen.
Tool for ideation, creating a shared understanding, coordination, and
communication
You can use the map in the classroom to help create a common understanding on what is
going on and what will happen next in your Learning Expedition.
Collaboratively creating a map of your activities in time with links to tools or resources
used and needed is a fun and effective way of co-creating your Learning Expedition. The
shared understanding on the activities and tools helps coordinate the activities between
classes, schools, and other expedition partners.
A map is also a pretty understandable and compact way of communicating your Learning
Expedition to outsiders.
How to use this kit?
In this kit you have a basic set of material to provide you with a start in mapping you
Expedition. Feel free to use, misuse, modify, adapt, or replace anything in the this kit in a
way that best fits your needs. We.learn.it provides the kit as a Powerpoint file, so you can
easily modify anything without any special software.
Visual mapping helps in
ideating, planning,
coordinating,
communicating and
reflecting on your
Learning Expedition!
This kit includes:
§ Learning Expedition
principles checklist
§ Learning Expedition
map templates and
cutouts
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4. ¨ Between teachers,
learners, groups,
schools, countries,
LE guides, master
explorers
¨ Interdisciplinary
¨ Cross-curriculum
¨ Co-creation
¨ Out of the
classroom, real life
problems and
context
¨ Applying what is
learnt to real-life
¨ Enables accidental
& unexpected
learning
¨ Supports learning
to be creative and
learning through
being creative
¨ Empowers the
learners
¨ Experimental &
playful
¨ Purposeful
¨ Encourages
visualizing and
making things
tangible
Learning Expedition
Principles Checklist
Enjoyable &
intrinsically
motivating
Collaborative
Experiential &
adventurous
A Learning Expedition is a learner-centred explorative
journey utilizing ICT, that is:
The checklist
describes what
Learning
Expeditions are
essentially about.
You can use this
checklist as
inspiration for how
your Learning
Expedition could
provide as much
value for the
students as possible
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5. What typically happens
during a Learning Expedition
Develop
Involving teaches, other stakeholders..
Integration with curriculum
Involved topics
Planning evaluation
Planning and mapping the LE process
Prepare
Agreements
Resources & funding
Externals involved
ENABLE
Orientation – what,
how, why
Introducing the task/challenge
Team formation
Plan
Co-designing the LE in class
Selecting approaches
Interacting with experts
Realize
Majority of the learner activities
Integrated evaluation
Recording the work
EXPLORE
Present
Presenting and sharing the outputs
Using different media
Reflect
Reflection on experiences and learnings
Evaluation
Ideas for the future
SHARE
These
preparatory
ac-vi-es
might
be
teacher-­‐driven
with
less
learner
involvement.
It
is
however
a
good
idea
to
involve
the
learners
as
much
as
possible!
These
later
phases
definitely
include
the
learner
in
a
very
ac-ve
role!
These phases are intended as a
supportive list that presents a possible
sequence of activities and issues to
consider within building and running LEs.
They work as reminders of what activities
should be considered in planning and
executing a LE

6. Learning
expedition
visualization
and
timeline
building kit
You can use the cutouts in the following pages and map template to
visualize your learning expedition as it takes place over time (or just
draw your own)
The
backstage
ac-vi-es
can
be
le>
out
from
map
that
is
used
with
the
learners.
If
you
use
a
map
with
learners,
it
should
only
include
the
learner
ac-vi-es
that
are
relevant
for
them
and
helps
them
in
understanding
what
will
happen
during
the
expedi-on.
A
full
map
of
a
Learning
Expedi-on
contains
also
the
backstage
and
preparatory
ac-vi-es
that
are
usually
not
relevant
for
the
young
learners.
This
helps
to
plan
and
coordinate
the
work
of
teachers,
experts,
and
facilitators
as
well
as
in
keeping
track
of
needed
resources.

7. Map title/name of the Learning Expedition
Additional notes
Tools, ICT, and resources
Learners
Teachers
Calendar time
Activities
LE phase
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In
“calendar
-me”
you
can
write
down
your
plans
for
when
ac-vi-es
take
place,
e.g.
January,
May
2nd,
week
24
In
“addi-onal
notes”
you
can
write
down
any
addi-onal
notes,
ideas
etc.
In
“tools
and
resources”
you
can
list
the
tools,
resources,
equipment
etc.
that
is
used
at
the
phase
in
ques-on
Here
you
can
list
the
ac-vi-es
taking
place
during
the
Learning
Expedi-on.
The
axis
indicates
the
extent
to
which
the
learners
themselves
are
responsible
for
the
ac-vity
(i.e.
how
much
direct
instruc-on
there
is
from
the
teacher).
Up
here
you
can
place
the
main
phases
of
your
LE
(found
as
cut
outs
in
this
file)

8. ……
……
Plans are
discussed
with the
experts
Map title/name of the Learning Expedition
Additional notes
Tools, ICT, and resources
Learners
Teachers
Calendar time
Activities
Imaginary example map
ENABLE Doing
Orientation
EXPLORE
Week 14
Week 16
Week 21
Learning
to use the
tablets
and apps
in class
Intro-
ducing
the topics
in class
Teachers
meet to
create the
topics
Forming
teams
based on
interest in
topics
Pupils
plan their
approach
in teams
TOOL:
Template
for group
assignme
nt
TOOL:
Tablets
for 15
pupils
…
LE phase
EXPLORE
Plan
We could contact
company x to….
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Integrating biology +
language +
presentation skills
Templates need
to be finished by
…
Make sure the tablets are
available and the apps are
installed in all of them!
TOOL:
……
Make sure the
experts are
informed and
prepared!

9. ENABLE
Make it happen, build the foundations, prepare
and take all necessary action to enable the
learning journey.
EXPLORE
Engage in the journey of
exploration and learning.
SHARE
Make it visible! Share your results, outcomes, experiences
and learnings with others – the class,
other schools, community…
You
can
cut
out
and
use
these
pieces
to
illustrate
your
main
overall
Learning
Expedi-on
phases
on
the
Map
Main phases of
Learning Expeditions
Or
you
can
just
draw
everything
freehand!

10. ENABLE
DEVELOP
ENABLE
PREPARE
EXPLORE
PLAN
EXPLORE
ORIENTATION
SHARE
PRESENT
EXPLORE
REALIZE
SHARE
REFLECT
Learning
expedition
sub-phases

11. ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
Activity
bubbles

12. BACKSTAGE
ACTIVITY
BACKSTAGE
ACTIVITY
BACKSTAGE
ACTIVITY
BACKSTAGE
ACTIVITY
Back-
stage
activity
bubbles

13. TOOL:
…
Tool
tags
TOOL:
…
TOOL:
…
TOOL:
…

14. Map title/name of the Learning Expedition
Additional notes
Tools, ICT, and resources
Learners
Teachers
Calendar time
Activities
LE phase
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