2. Once upon a time, some clever researchers had an idea.
They knew all about learning styles, and they knew how to measure
learning ability. They knew which demographics achieved certain
results, and which didn’t. They knew that some teachers had better
results than others, and sometimes they even knew why.
But they wanted to go further.
They wanted to identify the raw ‘building blocks’ of learning; not
abilities, not styles, but the actual components of learning itself. The
raw energy of learning. And they called this energy Learning Power.
So what is Learning Power?
3. Learning Power may be thought of as the raw potential of learning.
It is an energy that everyone has, and that everyone can develop.
Through a systematic programme of research over many years, and with the
co-operation of thousands of research participants, the researchers turned
Learning Power inside-out and upside-down and back-to-front until finally it
was broken down into seven identifiable elements.
These elements became known as The Seven Dimensions of Learning.
These same researchers developed a vast set of learning criteria, each
connected to one of the Seven Dimensions.These criteria ultimately became
known as the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory, or ELLI.
And that’s how the story of ELLI began.
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5. Resilience
i s t h e p r i m a r y
building block of full-
spectrum learning.
I t i s d e e p l y
connected to our
emotional health
and well-being. It is
about being able to
l e a r n f r o m o u r
mistakes and having
the confidence to
fail and keep on
trying.
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7. Creativity
is about authentic
self-expression.
It's about our ability
to generate
something new –
new ideas, new
solutions,
original ways of
d o i n g t h i n g s .
Creative thinking
l e a d s t o n e w
knowledge.
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8. critical curiosity
asking questions | challenging ideas |
inquisitive thinking | open discussion |
wondering| investigative enquiry |
experimentation| analysis| new
inventions| looking beneath the surface|
why | what| who| where
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9. Critical Curiosity
is about asking
questions. It is
f u n d a m e n t a l l y
curious about the
way things are –
and wonders
whether there is a
better way. It
investigates
a n d s e e k s n e w
answers.
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10. learning
relationships
community | exchanging ideas | sharing
knowledge | role models | leading |
teamwork| emotional support |
collaboration| synergy | autonomy |
reciprocity | co-operation
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11. L e a r n i n g
Relationships
are at the heart of
effective learning.
They are about what
we can learn from,
and teach, each
other. They are
a b o u t r o l e
models, stories,
sharing and
reciprocity.
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13. Meaning Making
is about relations
between ideas and
experience –
b e i n g a b l e t o
connect fragments
of knowledge, and
perceive patterns
of meaning.
W i t h o u t i t , w e
struggle to make
sense of things, or
to see how one idea
links to another.
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14. changing and
learning
personal journey | life story | self-
development| transformation | growth |
evolution | sense of continuity| becoming |
direction| optimism| future-orientation |
ambition | motivation
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15. Changing and
L e a r n i n g i s
about evolution. It
r e c o g n i s e s t h a t
learning is about
past and future. it
is who we are and
whom we seek to
become. It is
about growing and
developing to
o u r f u l l e s t
potential.
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16. strategic
awareness
planning | organisation | self-discipline|
time-management | goals | direction | self-
awareness| intent | sense of purpose| aims|
objectives | seven-dimensional thinking
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17. S t r a t e g i c
Awareness is
about purpose
and direction. It
knows why we are
learning, what we
hope to achieve,
a n d h o w w e
intend to get
there.
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18. Developed at the University of Bristol, ELLI is
an academically-credible online survey tool
and set of learning methodologies that maps
each user’s learning against the Seven
Dimensions.
19. ELLI:
empowers students and teachers
increases engagement
raises motivation
builds community
provides organisational learning data
drives measurable change
develops full-spectrum learning
20. Designed to change as you change, the ELLI
profile is a flexible roadmap for growth.
