Food for thought... learning is changing with Fred Garnett (video 1, Aug 11)

A series developed and offered by the Academic Development Unit of the University of Salford.

video 1 with: Fred Garnett
Research Associate
Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London
Blog: http://heutagogicarchive.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @fredgarnett

Questions we asked Fred:
1. How is formal and informal learning changing?
2. How would you explain the open context model of learning?
3. What does becoming a heutagogic learner mean for the learner and the educator?

Fred asks us the following question:
The heutagogic learner expresses learning creatively. How can we recognise the creative expression of learning?

The Food for thought series is an opportunity to engage in a dialogue about hot topics in teaching and learning.

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[pgcapsalford]

Hello Fred,

Thank you for your latest comment regarding further use, resources and collaboration. We would be very happy to discuss this with you. We also have some ideas of how to provide additional and enhanced opportunities to connect and share. Very happy to discuss this with you.

Chrissi and Neil

[chrissinerantzi]

Hallo @dnlspimnn and thank you for your contribution. I enjoyed reading it and it is so true!

I think what people might find hard is to find the strength to get up again after a failure and not the failure itself. How can we help learners and educators in this? Looking forward to comments on this. Thank you. Chrissi

[dnlsplmnn]

@chrissinerantzi Agreed! I'd like to add a little Emerson to that:

"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.

All life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make the better.

What if they are a little course,

and you may get your coat soiled or torn?

What if you do fail,

and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice.

Up again,

you shall never be so afraid of a tumble."

[fredg136]

I've built a quick blog to support this, the Learning YouTube at learningyoutube . wordpress . com

[fredg136]

Sadly we cant embed links to related resources into YouTube in these comments. Maybe we should provide a blog with the videos embedded so we can add links and resources and point to tools as well. I have an idea that we should point to the research, point to the tools and point to case studies to exemplify new practice in the same place...

[chrissinerantzi]

Thank you Fred for making us all think deeper about creative learning. I agree with what has been said already and would like to add that creative learners are rebels. They take risks and swim against the stream. They challenge themselves and others and probably make more mistakes than others who don't but, and there is a big but, they will do learn more if they learn from their mistakes.

Let's be more playful! Let's experiment more!

What do we need to make this happen?

Chrissi ;o)

[fredg136]

Thanks for the ideas; creative expression is when a learner expresses something that is both new and useful to the them. Like it :) Fred

[dnlsplmnn]

- On a contextual level, a creative expression of learning is something, that is conducive to the situation in which learning is taking place. In a seminar, e.g., such an expression might either stem from an individual or from a collaborative effort and feed the group's collective body of knowledge.

- On the level of discipline, a creative expression of learning is something that adds to the field.

So much for a first attempt to get closer to an answer for the question.

Thx 4 food 4 thought.

[dnlsplmnn]

According to Mumford, creativity is connected with the production of something that is a) new and b) useful. The creative expression of learning should therefore be recognizable on different levels:

- On an individual level, the creative expression of learning expresses something that is new to the individual. Ideally, something that is also useful for the individual. On this level, it is the learner's statement that something is new (and maybe useful) that makes creative learning recognizable.

[fredg136]

For a visual expression of the ideas in this food for thought look at the Craft of Teaching 2011 on slideshare by fredgarnett

slideshare net / fredgarnett / the-craft-of-teaching-2011