Recognising Lifewide Learning: looking to the future.
Venue: the University of Aston Conference Centre, Birmingham
Date: 10 June 2013
This seminar will showcase key developments in this area. Specifically, participants will have the opportunity to:
* contribute ideas to inform the work of the QAA in the development of Guidance for the sector;
* develop their practical understanding of the Mozilla ‘Open Badges’ initiative ‘a new online standard to recognize and verify learning, so as to establish
how this may further enhance institutional and wider practice
* develop their understanding of the importance of personal learning ecologies in lifewide learning and strategies to help learners appreciate and gain
recognition for their personal learning ecologies
Seminar contributors
* Harriet Barnes, Development Officer, the Quality Assurance Agency
* Doug Belshaw, Badges & Skills Lead at Mozilla Foundation
* Norman Jackson, Founder of the Lifewide Education Community
Lifewide Learning an Ecological Perspective
Norman Jackson
The core concepts underlying lifewide learning are outlined together with an example of an Award that seeks to encourage, support and recognise lifewide learning and personal development. The idea of personal learning ecologies - the particular set of contexts, situations, tools and resources, that we create for ourselves in order to accomplish a particular self-directed learning project, will be introduced in preparation for a workshop that will consider how learners might gain recognition for this important capability. The ability to create personal learning ecologies is an important aspect of knowing how to learn particularly when contexts and challenges are new.
Lifewide Learning and Education: An ecological perspective - essay
Venue: the University of Aston Conference Centre, Birmingham
Date: 10 June 2013
This seminar will showcase key developments in this area. Specifically, participants will have the opportunity to:
* contribute ideas to inform the work of the QAA in the development of Guidance for the sector;
* develop their practical understanding of the Mozilla ‘Open Badges’ initiative ‘a new online standard to recognize and verify learning, so as to establish
how this may further enhance institutional and wider practice
* develop their understanding of the importance of personal learning ecologies in lifewide learning and strategies to help learners appreciate and gain
recognition for their personal learning ecologies
Seminar contributors
* Harriet Barnes, Development Officer, the Quality Assurance Agency
* Doug Belshaw, Badges & Skills Lead at Mozilla Foundation
* Norman Jackson, Founder of the Lifewide Education Community
Lifewide Learning an Ecological Perspective
Norman Jackson
The core concepts underlying lifewide learning are outlined together with an example of an Award that seeks to encourage, support and recognise lifewide learning and personal development. The idea of personal learning ecologies - the particular set of contexts, situations, tools and resources, that we create for ourselves in order to accomplish a particular self-directed learning project, will be introduced in preparation for a workshop that will consider how learners might gain recognition for this important capability. The ability to create personal learning ecologies is an important aspect of knowing how to learn particularly when contexts and challenges are new.
Lifewide Learning and Education: An ecological perspective - essay
| lifewide_learning_an_ecological_perspective.pdf |
Lifewide Learning and Education: An ecological perspective - presentation
| learning_ecologies_final.ppt |
Workshop handout
| workshop_handout_jackson.docx |