Magazine Summer 2013-Libre

LIFEWIDE MAGA)INE, eptee .lifeideeduaio.o.uk

Editoial

Eologial Faeok Ui Bofeee

Beoig the illage Ja L Leke

A ate of tust Maet Stao

Pesoal leaig eologies i a digital old Bigid Bao

Ke eleets of a pesoal leaig eolog Noa J Jakso

Eolog of leaig to die

Ho did I lea to pla Pokeo? Gideo Cooli

The eolog of leaig at uiesit Naid Toliso

Pesoal leaig eologies, etoks ad eioets Pete Rasthoe

Eolog of ioaig Noa J Jakso

Kaakig i Afia Joh Toliso

Afia adetue II Callu Stog

Leaig eolog i the atual old Je Willis

The eologial uiesit Roald Baet

Regeeaig the leaig eosste KoledgeWoks

Shoeo eolog ok-shop Chisie Foutai & Susa Patik

Reogisig lifeide leaig Ro Wad

Sue of eta-uiula aads Haiet Baes

Lifeide es

Leaig lies ofeee

Lifeide leaig, eduaio ad pesoal deelopet e-ook

Net issue

Issue Seven| September 2013

Learning ecology for making a cake

Illustrator: Kiboko Hachiyon


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Pesoalisaio, ollaoaio ad ifoal leaig ill e at the oe of leaig i the futue. The etal leaig paadig is haateised lifelog ad lifeide leaig ad shaped the uiuit of Ifoaio ad Couia-io Tehologies ICT. o sas a ipotat Euopea Coissio Foesight epot eisioig leaig i ut thee is o eio i this sustaial epot of leaig eologies hih eale us to pesoalise, ollaoate ad ake use of ou ifoal leaig i ee otet that e lie. This issue of Lifeide Magazie eploes the idea of leaig eologies to help gai a ete udestadig of thei ole i lifeide leaig ad pesoal deelopet. As I ialise the agazie, I id self epeieig so a of the theoeial diesios of leaig eologies. Joh eel-Bo suggests these ae: a olleio of oelappig ouiies of iteest; oss-polliaig eah othe; ostatl eolig; ad lagel self-ogaisig. Appopiate-l, hee I a, as the Wold Metal Health ogess das to a lose i Bueos Aies, suouded diese idiiduals ad goups of pofessioal etal health okes, uses of thei seies ad aes, all da togethe ith a oo pupose: to shae epeiee ad lea. We hae all go fo ou iteaio ad take aa ideas hih ill louish ad deelop i thei e eioets. I shall epot oe i ou et ediio. Tuig to this agazie, e oe oe hae opellig otiuios fo aoud the gloe: Caada, Austalia, UA, UK, a epediio to Afia, eseah i Malasia as ell as hee i Ageia. The theai pat of this issue is i thee pats. The ist poides a ue of oeptual piees aied at eploig the idea of leaig eologies. I the s, pshologist Ui Bofeee poposed a set of oeti zoes, agig fo the idiidual iosste to the ultual aosste, ithi hih e eist ad deelop. The thee of o-deelopet is take up Ja L Leke, ho etus to the idea of eoig a illage. Fo Maet tao, tust has egu to eege as a ke eleet i pesoal leaig eologies. We highlight, Bigid Baos ok o the leaig eologies of a goup of teeages as the deelop thei digital lueies ad Noa Jakso desies the poess ad esoues eeded fo eaig ad lauhig a e o-lie uiesit pogae. This seio oludes ith a paial eaple of a leaig eolog ased o 'leaig to die.' The seod pat poides a ue of pesoal aaies to illustate the oept. Gideo Cooli, ho has et to

eah teeagehood, desies ho he is asteig the gae of Pokeo ad shos us that ou eed to e ale to eate leaig eologies egis at a e eal age. Naid Toliso uses the idea of a leaig eolog to eplai his epeiee of highe eduaio stud ad shos ho a leaig eolog a eae all the leaig ad deelop-et gaied hile studig a degee egadless of hethe it is pat of the ouse. Pete asthoe desies ho he eated a leaig eolog to lea a paiula Mois dae. Noa Jakso desies the leaig eolog of a letue ho as tig to ioate i a uiesit ad Joh Toliso ad Callu tog desie thei leaig eolog assoiated ith udetakig a kaakig epediio to Ethiopia - a eolog fo disoe! The thid pat otais soe iagiaie piees - Je Willis osides leaig eologies i the atual old, oald Baet shaes his ideas fo a eologial uiesit ad U-ased ogaisaio KoledgeWoks pesets thei ideas fo 'egeeaig the leaig eosste'. The ial set o ailes fouses o eseah ad ioaio. Chisie Foutai ad usa Patik talk aout thei epeiee of paiipaig i a shoeo eolog okshop at outhapto olet Uiesit. Fo the QAA, Haiet Baes tells us aout a UK sue of Eta-Cuiula Aads, hih isituios ae iited to joi i. Lifeides es takes us to Malasia ad Ageia, as e see the poe of ValuesEhage fo teahig ad eseah. o Wad epots o a eet okshop o the futue of lifeide leaig. Ou latest Lifeide Magazie staisis eeal that ou ead-eship oiues to go ad e hae atated eades fo oe fot outies. Ou e-ook, Lifeide Leaig, Eduaio ad Pesoal Deelopet has pulished thee e haptes, to elated to elleig ad oe o leaig eologies. We eid ou o ou ist ofeee, takig plae o Mah , ad eouage ou to eol. I shot, e hae aothe geat ediio ja paked ith iteesig ideas to siulate ou iagiaio ad eaie spiit. As alas, e ae ideted to the ie ad efot of all ou otiutos. I eloe ou ies o the otet of this issue. No, tuk i!

edeke, C., Leis, M., Leedetse, M., Puie, Y., Gijses, G., Kishe, P. toao, . ad Hoogeld, B. The Futue of Leaig: Pepaig fo Chage. Euopea Coissio Joit eseah Cete Isitute fo Pospe-ie Tehologial tudies EU EN Lueoug: Puliaios Oie of the Euopea Uio htp://ipts.j.e.euopa.eu/ puliaios/pu.f?id= eel-Bo, J. seedip.a.edu

LEARNING ECOLOGIES

The Editor reports from the Andes


URI BRONFENBRENNERS ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK Uie Bofeee, a deelopetal pshologist, itodued his eologial paadig fo itepeig hua deelopet i the s i a seies of papes. He agued:

i ode to udestad hua deelopet, oe ust oside the eie eologial sste i hih goth ous. This sste is oposed of ie soiall ogaized susstes that help suppot ad guide hua goth. The age fo the iosste, hih efes to the elaioship etee a deelopig peso ad the iediate eioet, suh as shool ad fail, to the aosste, hih efes to isituioal pates of ultue, suh as the eoo, ustos ad odies of koledge Bofeee 99: .

Bofeee's oeptual faeok highlights the ested atue of soial eosstes. To of the leels io ad eso ae of paiula iteest to leaes ad those ho suppot leaig. The iosste otais the fatos ithi soeoe's iediate eioet, the da-to-da situaios the eoute ad thei elaioships ad ouiaios ith the people the eet o iteat ith usig ouiaios teholog. This is the leel of ou lifeide leaig epeiees, the leel at hih ou idiidual situaios ad ou esposes to these situaios ate to us ad to the people the afet. This is the leel at hih e ake deisios ad pla hat to do ad ho to do it ad the leel at hih e at ad use ou apailit eethig e a ig to a situaio. This is the leel at hih e elet o ou epeiees ad the efets of ou aios. This is the leel of ou leaig eolog - the otets, tools, tehologies ad esoues e ae ale to da upo to do hat e hae to do ad the leel at hih e eate e eologies fo leaig ad ahieig. Idiiduals' iosstes fo leaig, thei pesoal leaig eologies, ae ested ithi the esosste hih eo-passes the iteelaios of to o oe seigs fo eaple thei ide epeiees i life ad the uiesit ouse the ae studig. It ioles people ho hae a iteest i pooig ad suppoig leaig. It is the leel at hih guidae ad tools ae poided to help leaes fulil the euieets fo thei pogae. Appopiatel ogaised aiit i the esosste eales people to lea oe ad ete i thei o iosste. The esosste is ested ithi the eosste hih osists of seigs that do ot iole us dietl, ut hih otais eets that ipat o us. This is the eologial leel at hih a isituio adopts ad eeds etai poliies that afet the a a pogae is desiged, o deteie i a oad sese the tpes of atiutes the isituio ats to see as a outoe of the eduaio it poides.

Iage soue: Cete fo Child ad Couit Deelopet

The aosste is the ide soiet i hih all othe seigs ae ested iludig the soio-eooi, ultual ad poliial otets. It iludes goeet poliies ad stategies fo pooig ad suppoig lifelog leaig. This is the eologial leel of the highe eduaio sste ad the isio is that oe da the sste as a hole ill eae the idea of lifeide eduaio. The hoosste eopasses hage o osiste oe ie ot ol i the haateisis of the peso ut also of the eioet i hih that peso lies e.g. hages oe the life ouse i fail stutue, soioeooi status, eploet, plae of esidee, o the degee of heiess ad ailit i eeda life. Lifeide eduaio is piail oeed ith the iosste ad idiiduals pesoal eologies fo leaig, togethe ith the esosste leel hih hosts isituioal ad othe soial eologies fo leaig that eouage, suppot ad eogise idiiduals leaig ad deelop-et. Lifeide Eduaio's Lifeide Deelopet Aad is a eaple of a esosste. But lifeide leaig ad eduaio ust also e oeed ith the eosste - the leel at hih isituioal eliefs ad poliies ae eated that lead to the adopio of a lifeide leaig ad pesoal leaig eolog appoah, ad to the aosste hih is the leel at hih soiet alues, suppots ad eogises this appoah.


BECOMING THE VILLAGEAN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Fe ites hae aaged to aptue the ih detail ad uaes of the eolog of leaig i the a that Ja Leke, a Pofesso i the LCHC/Depatet of Couiaio Uiesit of Califoia - a Diego, has ahieed.

The Autu issue of Lifeide Magazie featued the idea of 'it takes a illage to aise a hild'. I this aile, da fo etats take fo 'Beoig the Village: Eduaio Aoss Lies' Ja highlights ho ou leaig eologies ae the eas though hih e eoe the illages e ihait.

A old saig has it that it takes a illage to aise a hild. As hilde, e ko ho uh e eed to lea aout ee-thig ad eeoe i ou ouiies to lie thee suess-full. As e lea, e gaduall eoe ou illages: e itealise the diesit of iepoits that olleiel ake sese of all that goes o i the ouit. At the sae ie, e deelop alues ad ideiies: i sall tasks ad lage pojets, e disoe the as e like to ok, the people e at to e, the aoplishets that ake us poud. I all these aiiies e ostatl eed to ake sese of the ideas ad alues of othes, to itegate difeig iepoits ad desies, difeet as of talkig ad doig. As e paiipate i ouit life, e ieital eoe i pat the people that othes eed us to e, ad a of us also id at least soe of ou efots usuppoted o ee steuousl opposed othes.

The halleges of liig i a illage deie fudaetal issues fo oth eduaio ad deelopet. I his pioeeig ok o itelletual deelopet, Le . Vgotsk / itodued the asi piiple that the otets of ou thikig ad the haits of ou lies oigiate i ou soial iteaios ith othes. What e eetuall oe to feel as soethig ithi us egis ist as soethig etee us. At aout the sae ie, Mikhail Bakhi / as egiig to deie the oad soial diesit i ho a ouit uses laguage to desie ad ealuate the old. This is eatl the diesit e eoute i ou dialogues ad soial iteaios ith othes, ad hih e ust lea to ake sese of, ad ake sese ith, i ode to lie ad ok suessfull i ou 'illages'.

We a pefe oe paiula a of okig, ut eause e ust ok togethe, e also lea ho to ollaoate. oe of us pefe tellig stoies, othes like to ague; soe like to da, othes pefe uildig thigs; ut e ust all lea ho ou ods ad thei pitues a e oied, ad ho uildig gets oeted to daig ad to tellig. We eoe idiiduals ho like ad pefe, ut e alas also gaduall eoe i a lage sese the hole illage. We lea to take pat leaig ho pats it togethe. Oe ie e lea that thee is othig othhile e a do

ithout a tool that soeoe else has ade, ithout oiig as of okig e'e ofotale ith ad as e'e ot ut othes ae, ithout takig ito aout ie-poits that ae ufailia o upleasat, ithout idig a a though olit. What e do he e lea is to ete ito soial aiiies.

It takes a log lifeie to 'eoe a illage'. oe ouies a e leaed i iutes, pefoed i seods, ut the ol ake sese he itegated ito aiiies that a last fo hous ad ae i tu sall liks i hais of itedeped-et pojets that keep the illage uig ad hagig oe the ouse of ou lies ad the ouit's histo. We easil sese ho e ae ad hat e at i eah iute's aio, ut it takes fa oe ok ad isdo to feel ou ole ad ko ou ill aoss the loge te of eas.

A illage is ot just a olleio of people: it is also a plae, illed ith ultuall eaigful aifats ad ith all the eleets of a atual eosste, to hih people also gie eaigs. The aiiies that ou i suh a eal ouit iole the paiipaio of thigs as ell as people: ooks, uildigs, ateia, tools, ahies, paeets ad tees. What e gaduall lea he e paiipate i illage aiiies is ot just ho to ollaoate ith othe people, ut also ho to ake sese of ad ake use of ee pat of ou ouiies.

We ae alas leaig ho to paiipate i the aiiies goig o aoud us - aiiies that hae a histo as ell as a eaig. The eaig oes fo a ultue: a paiula a of doig, elieig, ad aluig that has eoled oe ies uh loge tha a oe peso lies to see. Eah aiit oets to othes i as that deped o hat is ateiall eessa ad possile; e.g. iig to soeoe depeds o haig tools hih ake aks that last log eough to e ead, ad o the aiiies i hih those tools ee ade, as ell as those i hih the a ateials eeded to ake the tools ee otaied, ad ee o the aiiies that phsiall get hat e'e ite to the people ho at to ead it. But eah of these aiiies is also oeted to othes eaigs as ell as ateial


The aaie i Kioko Hachiyon's illustration is that we learn things from the people we live amongst everyday. We observe them, we do things with them, they pass on to

us their knowledge, values and beliefs and eventually we learn all the things we need to learn in order to fit into and be a part of our 'village'.


eessiies: eade ad ite ust shae a oo laguage o ode; e ust e ale to eogise the ea-igful fuio of a ojet as a tool-fo-iig o a ojet-fo-eadig; akig the tools ad taspoig hat e ite depeds o ollaoaie efots that ae ol possile aog people ho ake the sae geeal sot of sese of hat eah othe sa ad do. Cultue-speii eaigs help us selet fo all the ateiall possile as of iig o usig la just those that ill ake eough sese to othe people to allo us to get o ith life togethe. What e all eed to lea is ho to paiipate i these etoks of ultuall eaigful soial aiiies: oesaios, gaes, eadig ad iig, tool-usig, poduie ok.

Paiipaio i soiall eaigful aiiies is ot just hat e lea, it is also ho e lea. Ee if e ae aloe, ead-ig a ook, the aiit of eadig -- koig hih ed to stat at, hethe to ead a page let-to-ight o ight-to-let, top-do o oto-up, ad ho to tu the pages, ot to eio akig sese of a laguage, a iig sste, a authoial stle, a gee foat e.g. a diioa s. a oel -- depeds o oduig the aiit i a a that is ultuall eaigful to us. Ee if e ae lost i the oods, ith o ateial tools, tig to id ou a o just ake sese of plats o stas, e ae sill egaged i akig eaigs ith ultual tools suh as laguage aes of loes o ostellaios o leaed gees of isual iages loe daigs o sta aps. We eted fos of aiit that e hae leaed peious soial paiipaio to ou peset loel situaio.

I this ie of hua deelopet, shoolig toda ould see to e paig too uh ateio to hat e stud ad ot eough to ho ad ho e eoe; pidig itself o hat it igs ito the lassoo ut lidig itself to all it shuts out. Teahig isolated liteaies ut ot ho to ake the ok togethe ad eaig a eaigs fo a hou ut fe fo a da ad oe fo a lifeie otiutes litle to ho e eoe ou illage.

tudets i shools toda ae deepl alieated fo the uiulu. Fo a studets shool pesets a alteate ealit that eas o oious oeio to the est of thei lies. oe take it o faith that oediet ofoit ill lead to late iaial eads a ae justl sepial as to hethe that poise applies to the. hools as isituios ae isolated fo the aistea of oth puli ad piate life. Fa fo helpig studets to udestad the illage i hih the lie, shools eoe io-illages i thei o ight, ith thei o tpial aiiies that ae ol distatl elated to those outside. The age of aiiies that

ou i shools is ao ad ipoeished i its diesit he opaed to aiiies that deie the ealit of the lage illage

Ne tehologies a help ith siulaig ad talkig aout the tpial aiiies of the ouit fa ete tha the aeage teahe i the aeage lassoo. Tehologies ill ot, hoee, e ale to susitute fo diet paiipaio, o ill the e ale to eplae thoughful guidae of studets' iial eleio ad aalsis, o the eoioal eouageet of ahieeet ad eaiit that teahes poide. Fo these puposes pofessioal teahes ill alas e eeded, espeiall fo ouge studets. hools ill eoe plaes hee studets ad thei teahes deide togethe hat oes et: ollaoaie pojets, paiipato iteships, uliedia stud odules, speialized leaig aiiies, plaes to see ad thigs to do. tudets ill paiipate i olie pee-disussio goups, i oss-age goups hee the a lea fo olde studets ad teah ouge oes, ad the ill also hae olie aess to a ide age of pat-ie etos ho ail lie ad ok i the old outside shools.

Teahes ust ot, hoee, eoe eel aages of suh uli-esoue leaig sstes. The ust e oeed ith the log te, ith ho eah studet is eoig, ith ho all that leaig adds up to a eduaio. The ust take esposiilit fo posig the diiult uesios: aout life, aout self, aout soial jusie. Agai ad agai, oe the e log ies it takes to egage seiousl ith seious ates. A illage is ot uilt i a da.

Etats fo 'Beoig the Village: Eduaio Aoss Lies'

Leke J L Beoig the Village: Eduaio aoss lies, i G. Wells ad G. Clato eds Leaig fo Life i the st Cetu: oioultual Pespeies o the Futue of Eduaio Blakell Pulishig Ltd, Ofod, UK aailale o-lie at htp://.jaleke.o/stoage/eoig-the-illage.pdf

A illage is ot uilt i a da.


LEARNING ECOLOGY A MATTER OF TRUST Maret Staron

MAET TAON is piipal of a de ased osulta Midful Ceaios ad a ee of the Lifeide Eduaio Couit. Maet ofes seies i goup failitaio, pole esoluio ad as of e-oeig to ou o joful isdo. he has oked piail i the eduaio ad taiig seto i okfoe apailit deelopet, stategi plaig, leadeship deelopet ad aio eseah i leaig ad teahig. Maet is uetl studig Fatolog, hih poides a skill set fo pesoal tasfoaio ad oeio to the autheiit of the self.

A fe eas ago I ote a hapte i a ook o lifeide leaig ad de ateio to the eologial atue of ou eeda leaig ad pesoal deelopet. I this aile I deelop the idea of pesoal leaig eologies futhe ad ilude soe e thoughts o the ipotae of tust ad the ke eleets of a pesoal leaig eolog.

We lea i elaioship ad i otet ot i isolaio. As Kishaui said:

ou lea fo eethig, theefoe thee is o guide, o philosophe, o guu. Life itself is ou teahe, ad ou ae i a state of ostat leaig

This is h ou leaig eolog is so ipotat to us. It tells us aout ou leaig eioet ad iteelaioships - ith othes, ith ou ultue, ok ad ith ou eduaioal isituios. Ad ost ipotatl, it tells us aout ou lea-ig elaioship ith ouseles. We eed to tust ouseles to estalish a leaig eolog that is eaigful, authei ad suppoie of ou goth ad pesoal elleig. Fo a, tust is a issue. We defe to hat othes epet of us ad to the soial os of the da. We feel ofusio o dout aoud the deisios that e ake o goals that e set. We espod to hat othes dead of us athe tha to hats ost appopiate ad authei fo ouseles. I ko this ol too ell fo o epeiee. Cleaig the fog o lak of etait has ee a lifeie task fo e. Leaig to tust self has ee a ke.

Ho does this elate to leaig eolog? Without self-tust, its had to udestad ad to odif ou leaig eolog. Ou leaig eolog eeds to takes us toads ou lifeide leaig goals, athe tha aa fo the. I eliee its uial to tust that sill sall oie ithi ou highe self, that pat of us that kos hat oks est fo us. But hat is ou leaig eolog? Its a a of desiig ou otet, esoues ad elaioships ith leaig Figue . We all look though difeet idos of the old, i.e. though difeet pesoal ealiies ad ith difeet as of udestadig ou elaioship ith leaig ad the old. The illustaio is ot hieahi, athe it epesets the iteelaioship etee the thee eleets of otet, elaioships ad esoues. If ou ipoe oe eleet, ou ipoe the othes ad ie esa, if ou eake oe eleet it teds to eake the othes. Fo eaple, if ou iease ou esoues, the ou a use those esoues to deelop e leaig elaioships, ad though e elaioships, iease ou posiie leaig epeiees ad epad the otet ithi hih e lea. O if, fo eaple, ou ao ou otet elieig o oe ill suppot ou, the ou elaioships a deteioate ad aess to esoues feels oe liited. The ist step is theefoe to ideif ad elet o the ke eleets ithi ou leaig eolog. The a ilude:

otet e.g. out, goup ultue, sstes ad ogaisaios, oppotuiies, eliefs, oe alues, aitude to self ad othes elaioships e.g. ith fieds, fail, ok olleagues, o-leaes, teahes, failitatos, the eioet esoues e.g. ie, oe, ooks, old ide e, foal ad ifoal leaig failiies, ok, teahes, failitatos, goups ad ou o leaig stle, skills, koledge, epeiees, apitude

Figure 1 Key elements of an individual's learning ecology

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The seod step is to disiguish those aspets of ou ad ou otets, elaioships ad esoues that suppot, utue ad appopiatel hallege ou i ou leaig ad those that dot. You a ap this i ie oeti iles ased o a idea ispied Ke Astog see Edote as sho i Figue . Figue Mappig ou pesoal leaig eolog

The iles poide ou ith a faeok fo appeiaig ad appig ou leaig eolog. At the ete of the ile ou plae ou puposes ad lifeide leaig goals. The i the iles losest to the ete, plae those eleets that ou ost tust to suppot ou leaig ad deelopet, ad ahieeet of ou puposes. The iles futhest aa fo the ete otai those eleets that ou least tust to suppot ou leaig ad deelopet, ad / o hih get i the a of ahieig ou puposes. Mappig ou leaig eolog is a e pesoal poess. Thee is o ight o og a to do it. ipl do hat is ost helpful ad joful fo ou, tusig ou ituiio ad epeiee. Hopefull it ill poide ou ith e ad useful isights ito ou leaig joue ad ho ou aoplish ou leaig ad deelopet goals. To ap ou leaig eolog. . Da the iles . I the ete o st ile, plae ou puposes ad the

lifeide leaig goals that ill eale ou to ahiee these puposes

. Usig Figue as a guide, appeiate ad assess the eleets of ou leaig eolog suh as ou aitudes, fieds, teahes, feeligs, goals, sujets, eduaioal isituios, ie, oe, ultue, hoies, pesoal leaig haateisis, ok, skills, et. the:

I the d ile ite those eleets that ou asolutel tust to appopiatel suppot, utue, eouage, hallege ad sustai ou i ou leaig the ae osistetl ipotat ad aluale to ou i ahieig ou puposes I the d ile, ite those eleets that ou feel ofotale ith ost of the ie ad that suppot ou hoee, ou dot hae the sae etait aout these

eleets as those i the d ile I the th ile, ite those eleets that ould suppot ou ut ae issig fo ou leaig eioet oud like to auie the eause ou eliee the ill help ou ith ou leaig I the th ile, ite do those eleets ou at to aoid pehaps iludig ou o aitudes ad ehaious eause the ae ot aliged to ou leaig goals, to ou life as ou ish to lie it ad to the sot of peso ou at to eoe the hold ou ak fo aiisig ou leaig ad pesoal goth ad ostut ou fo ahieig ou puposes.

Tust that ou ko hat ou at to lea, ho ou at to lea it ad the elaioships, esoues ad otet that ill suppot ou i ou leaig. You a ot ko these thigs at the stat of a pojet o epeiee that ill iole leaig ut ou ust tust ou isits. You leaig eolog is a liig eolig thig it shits ad hages ith ou as ou puposes ad goals eole. Ne elaioships, otets ad esoues ill ope up e oppotuiies ad possiiliies that ould ot hae ee iagied efoe. Oe ie, eleets that ee at the oute edge of ou leaig eolog a shit lose to the ete; ad othe eleets that ee eaest the ete, a shit futhe out. Esue that ou aitai ou leaig eolog ad fous ou eeg o those eleets that ae oguet ith the highest goals that ou hae fo ou life ad fo ou leaig.

Edote Akoledgeet: the idea fo usig oeti iles to ap leaig eolog ae to e ate eadig Ke Astogs ook The Ciles hee she uses see iles to eaie pesoal feeligs ad elaioships. Refeees Maet tao Coeig ad itegaig life ased ad lifeide leaig i N J Jakso ed Leaig fo a Cople Wold: Lifeide Coept of Leaig, Eduaio & Deelopet Authohouse. Ma Lutes edito The Kishaui eade p Pegui Books, Lodo. Ke Astog , The Ciles, io ad huste, NY.

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PERSONAL LEARNING ECOLOGIES IN A DIGITAL WORLD

Featuring the research of Brigid Barron

Ho people use the iteet ad assoiated ifoaio ad ouiaio tehologies to iteat, eate, o-eate ad lea has ee oe of the ai dies fo isualisig leaig as a eologial poess. I Joh eele Bo ote a ilueial aile aout leaig i the digital age i hih he talked aout the adial hages that ee takig plae as a esult of the ieasig use of the iteet ad the soial iteaios it as eouagig. Oe of the oepts he talked aout as e koledge eologies ad shoed ho gaes shaed thei epeiees ith eah othe i ode to aste a paiula teholog o lea a paiula o-lie gae. These ideas, thaks to the iteet, ee uikl distiuted to othe thikes, ites, eduaioal desiges ad eseahes ad the et deade itessed a at of ailes usig the eologial etapho to desie ad itepet leaig. Bigid Bao, a Assoiate Pofesso okig at tafod Uiesit, applied the idea of pesoal leaig eologies to the deelopet of digital lue. He eseah deostated ho teeages deelop these liteaies ad lueies though eig ioled i lots of difeet aiiies iside ad outside shool, see fo eaple this sitee ea old studet's espose to the uesio, ho did ou lea aout oputes?

Illustaio of the otets fo deelopet of digital lue Bao :. A idiidual's leaig eolog aied at deelopig thei digital ad tehologial ill uilise these difeet otets ad othes i thei o as fo thei o puposes.

Bao's eseah deostated that leaig is ote distiuted oe seeal seigs ad aoss a difeet tpes of esoues ith oe epeieed ad apale leaes aessig ad usig a geate ue ad aiet of esoues ee he aess to oputes ad the iteet as the sae fo all leaes. he suggested that the etet to hih oug people deeloped ad used thei digital liteaies as due to aiaios i iteest ad esouefuless. Whee iteest ad esouefuless as high leaes aessed ad used oe esoues i a ide age of otets. Bao's deiiio of a leaig eolog as go fo this ealisaio hih she deied Bao : as

'the set of otets foud i phsial of itual spaes that poide oppotuiies fo leaig. Eah otet is opised of a uiue oiguaio of aiiies, ateial esoues, elaioships ad the iteaios that eege fo the'

Bao, B. Iteest ad elf-ustaied Leaig as Catalsts of Deelopet: A Leaig Eolog Pespeie. Hua Deelopet ;: Aailale o-lie at: htp://life-sl.og/dos/ao-self-sustaiedleaig.pdf

tudet: At the egiig I as eadig agazies, suig the et, I talked to ousi Ia, step dad, Ule Jak, I took a ouse ate shool at Kigsto Coputes alled Tee Teh. The taught ou ho to uild oputes ad the taught ou aout sall etoks. That as aothe helpe to koledge. Bao :


The uiueess of hua eosstes Ja Leke

What is so speial aout eosoial sstes aog all othe possile eosstes is ot that the otai us ad ou thigs, ut that ou ehaiou ithi the sste,

ad so the oeall dais of the sste as a hole, depeds ot just o the piiples that goe the lo of ate ad eeg i all eosstes, ut also o

hat those los ea fo us Leke, J. Cogiio, Cotet, ad Leaig: A oial eioi Pespeie" i D. Kishe

ad A. Whitso, Eds., ituated Cogiio: oial, eioi, ad Pshologial Pespeies. pp. -. Hillsdale, NJ: Elau.

KEY ELEMENTS OF AN INDIVIDUALS LEARNING ECOLOGY Norman Jackson 2013

I a e hapte fo the Lifeide Leaig, Eduaio & Pesoal Deelopet e-ook I eaie the oeptual asis fo leaig eologies. I hae tied to suaise the ost ipotat eleets i the siple gaphi elo. It epesets the itegaio ad itedepedee of a peso's otets, elaioships, esoues, the ost ipotat eig koledge ad tools to aid thikig, ad a idiidual's ill ad apailit to eate a leaig poess. uh aios a e dieted epliitl to leaig o asteig soethig ut oe likel the ill e piail oeed ith pefoig a task, esolig a issue, solig a pole, o akig the ost of a e oppotuit.

Leaig eologies hae tepoal diesios as ell as spaial diesios ad the hae the apailit to oet difeet spaes ad otets eisig siultaeousl aoss a peso's life-ouse, as ell as difeet spaes ad otets eisig though ie thoughout thei life-ouse. The pesoal aaies i the et seio of this issue sho this e ell. Koig ho to eate ad sustai a leaig eolog is a esseial pat of 'koig ho to lea' i all the difeet o-tets that opise a idiidual's life. elf-eated leaig eologies ae the eas hih epeiees ad leaig ae oeted ad itegated aoss the otets ad situaios that ositute a peso's life. Leaig eologies ae theefoe of sigiiat oeptual ad paial alue to the theo ad paie of lifeide leaig ad eduaio. Reference

Jakso, N. J. The Coept of Leaig Eologies i N. J. Jakso ad G.B. Coope eds Lifeide Leaig, Eduaio ad Pesoal Deelopet e-ook aailale o-lie at .lifeideeook.o.uk


ECOLOGY OF LEARNING TO DRIVE

Most of us ill hae had the epeiee of leaig to die a a ad pehaps ill hae helped othes to lea. It a e a eoioal ad hallegig epeiee that's h it's so eoale. But the poess also illustates the idea of a pesoal leaig eolog. Beause it ioles the leae i a opehesie a - head, od ad heat -it's a good seaio to use.

The poess egis ith the leae delaig thei iteio ad seig theseles the goal of leaig to die a e useful e apailit ad passig thei diig test the fo of eogiio that deotes the leel of opete euied to die aloe. The idiidual, ote ith paetal guidae ad suppot, gaduall eates a e eosste to lea ad deelop theseles i lie ith this goal. The eosste the eate tpiall ight ilude: aess to a a so the a paise aess to ifoaio aout diig ad the ules of the oad e.g. as a ook/ooklet, DVD o o-lie esoues diig istutos ith a age of epeise ad epeiee e.g. paets o othe fail ees o fieds a pofessioal istuto to teah the oth ho to die safel ad to pepae the fo thei diig test phsial eioet - safe aeas fo paisig - like ept a paks ad uiet oads - the puli highas

ith aious tai odiios

Illustato: Kioko Hahio

This seaio poides a good eaple of a leae iteaig ith a soial, phsial ad itual eioet i ode to lea ad deelop theseles. The leae deelops koledge eleat to usig the oads safel ad diig, skills that hae to eetuall eoe autoated, ad koig that is epeieial ad eodied i hat the do as the atuall die the a ad eate thei o ase eaples of situaios the eoute o difeet sots of oads ad i difeet sots of diig odiios. Epeiee is auulated i a age of otets - oad, tai, da ie/ight ie ad eathe. As the paii-pate i this poess the a tap ito the epeieial koledge of the people ho aopa the o joues as oth dies ad passeges ad thei e aaeess also eouages the to e oe oseat as a passege so that the egi to thik like a die, eadig ad aiipaig situaios ee he the ae ot diig. This eosste fo leaig to die - to eoe a opetet die - a last seeal oths ad pehaps iole - hous of ie i hih leaig is the pia ojeie. The poess iludes aste of a od of poedual koledge as ell as the atual eodiet of koledge ad skill i the pefoae of diig.


HOW DID I LEARN TO PLAY POKEMON?

Gideon Coolin

It's ell ko that gae plaig is a ajo siulus aogst oug people fo eaig a leaig eolog. Not ol do the at to lea the gae the at to aste it's itiaies ad pefo agaist othe plaes. Tig to aste soethig that iteests us poides the itisi oiaio to eate a poess, id esoues ad fo e elaioships though hih e lea. This sto Gideo ho has et to eah his tees shos that eaig leaig eologies egis at a e eal age.

Whe I stated plaig it as aoud spig last ea ad I had pet uh o idea of ho to pla the gae. M fieds had plaed it fo a eas efoe e ad I felt I should joi i too. Fist I ought self a thee dek hih oes ith a oplete dek ad a e ough ad uifoaie uleook. I ead this ad sill had hadl a idea of ho to pla the gae so I et to a gaes shop ad got taught a e epeieed plae. he taught e ho to pla the gae ut ot the ople aspets suh as dek uildig ad stategies.

M leaig eolog Whe I oied that I sill as lakig i a aeas of plaig I stated listeig to a podast that as eleased ee eek. This as e aluale. I ke the peso ho a it ad feuetl asked the fo ips hih helped e pla ith oe stateg. I also athed tutoials ad dek eies o YouTue ad ead ailes o the iteet. This has all ee e suessful eause, ealie this ea I opeted i the Naioal Chapioships. I ould hae ot got i if it ast fo these thigs ad the hae ee a ialuale esoue.

I ought a state dek ad uleook

I got a epeieed plae to teah e

I stated listeig to a podast aout ho to uild deks ad used YouTue tutoials

I opeted i a touaets to ipoe skills

Fo salt plais to kapok tees ad uideiied ids to the hoels i hih the ist iigats lied, hee is a peie of Ageiia leaig epeiee, Moe i the et ediio of Lifeide Magazie. Je Willis


THE ECOLOGY OF LEARNING AT UNIVERSITY

Navid Tomlinson

Naid is a ee of Lifeide Eduaio's tea of olutees. I Jul he opleted his thee ea ahaeolog degee at the Uiesit of Yok gaduaig ith a ist lass hoous. I this eleie piee he looks ak o his

epeiee at Uiesit ad ties to ie it fo the pespeie of a leaig eolog.

Haig just opleted a thee ea ahaeolog degee at the Uiesit of Yok I a i a good posiio to look ak ad t to ake sese of epeiee usig the idea of a leaig eolog. Fo e a leaig eolog is deied the iteaios etee ueous poesses ad elaioships hih ae oeted fo a paiula pupose suh as ae illustated i Figue .

Figue M oept of a leaig eolog - a etok of poesses ad elaioships liked a goal o pupose.

Usig this oept of a leaig eolog, hih fouses o the iteaio of elaioships ad poesses, I a look at the

aious leaig eologies that I as ioled i duig the thee eas I studied fo degee i ahaeolog. The oe ai aoud hih oeall leaig eolog foed as to deelop udestadig of ahaeolog to the highest possile leel I ould ahiee. I ated to eoe a good ahaeologist ad that aiio aused e to get ioled i a thigs outside ouse that I thought ould help e eoe a ahaeologist. The ost oious poess ad set of elaioships I egaged ith to lea ad udestad ahaeolog as the ietaled ad stutued uiesit ouse. This ioled the eadig of set ouse ateial uh of it aessed though o-lie jouals ad paiipaio i letues ad seias i as that ee ditated the letue. This stutue that as desiged ad taught teahes alloed e to follo a e lea poess of leaig, helpig e to full udestad hat ifoaio I had to ko ithi the ouse. This stutued poess alloed e to fo hat I see as the ak-oe fo leaig of ahaeolog ut pesoal leaig eolog hih as uh ihe tha the ouse itself, as hat ealed e to e the sot of ahaeologist I ated to e ad eoe see Figue , oeleaf. The ouse foed the akoe to leaig aout ahaeolog. It poided e ith otats/elaioships ith

people ho ee also iteested i sujet ad ealed e to deelop a id-set that eouaged e to egage ith ahaeolog oth ateial esoues fo the ouse ad oppotuit ad esoues outside ouse i as that ae outlied elo. M thee eas of studig, oied ith all the othe thigs I did that ee elated to eig a ahaeologist foed a sigiiat leaig eolog that gaduall ufolded oe this peiod of ie. I hae atepted to epeset this eolog i Figue . The oe epeiee i ouse hee I feel I had to eate o leaig poess as ial ea dissetaio hih

euied e to eate a leaig pojet aoud soethig I foud iteesig ad hallegig. I had take a ouse i seod ea hih ioled a tehiue alled )ooM fo aalsig ollage i aial oes to ideif aial geus. The aadei esposile fo deelopig the tehiue ated soeoe to t the tehiue o easue uigs fo oes. I thought this as iteesig so I ote poposal ad eated a poess that ioled e souig saples, epeieig usig difeet uig ad ollage etaio tehiues, ith the etated ollage the put though a

Mass petoete folloed data poessig ad iig up the esults. Although the poess fo ahieig goal as ot paiulal sooth it as oe that I had lagel eated ased of past epeiees of aadei eseah gaied thoughout thee eas at Uiesit. Fo a eologial pespeie I a see that I ioled a lot of difeet people to help e iludig supeiso, laoato tehiia, to of pees ho ee ioled i siila ok ad as ell as souig ateials fo oth the loal useu ad a PhD studet ithi the depatet. I de o a age of esoues ad failiies iludig olleios of aiet aial oes, speialist laoato, poessig sotae, ad ailes. The eseah poess as ot staighfoad ad I as foed to odif poess as I ealised that etai ethods did ot gie e the esults I as hopig fo. But pehaps the est oppotuiies fo e to lea ho to e a ahaeologist la outside ouse. Fo eaple, i seod ea I joied a goup of studets that ated as a editoial tea fo a othl ahaeolog joual alled The Posthole, hih pulished ailes ahaeolog studets. I ated as a oodiato ad also tied to atat ites. Wok-ig ithi this tea as a ipotat leaig ue, esuig that the tea opeated togethe soothl to ahiee a goal hile igig togethe the pioiies of difeet idiiduals ithi the tea.


Beig a ahaeologist ioles 'diggig' to epose atefats though hih e a itepet the past. Ufotuatel, ouse ol poided a fou eek itoduto ieldok ouse so I joied a ue of 'digs', si i total u to difeet PhD studets, a ee of the aadei staf, a oeial opa, ad a eteal puli ogaisaio. Oeall I poal spet oe thee oths o eaaios hih gae e aluale isights ito ho to ogaise ad odut a dig, ho to odut aious tpes of sues, ho to pepae, ideif ad displa atefats ad eod this ho to ok as a ee of a tea. The oeial digs I ude-took itodued e to the old of oeial ahaeolog ad the difeet appoahes ad idsets that ae used i the oeial old. Oe of these pojets had a paiula sigiiae fo e. Hoeless Heitage as stated i a PhD studet at the Uiesit of Bistol. It is dediated to okig ith hoe-less ouiies i ode to udestad ad alue the spaes used suh ouiies usig ahaeologial ethods. But it is oe tha ahaeologists applig ahaeologial teh-iues to the stud of spaes that a paiula goup of people use: it ioles okig ith hoeless people i ode to udestad the eleae of hat is foud. I this a I as ale to fo fiedships ith people I ould ee hae oe ito otat ith i studet life. I ega to appeiate the poles of hoeless people ad to see the old though thei ees. The epeiee ealed e to udestad the alue of otepoa ahaeolog, ut I also ega to see a e eleae of hat I as doig, though it I eae iteested i the as ahaeolog a e used to egage ouiies. The eaaio as ol the ist stage of ou pojet, the et stage ioled tellig people hat e had leat. Ate aefull leaig, desiig ad ataloguig the atefats e had disoeed e ogaised a eek- log ehiiio, i hih eeoe as ale to get ioled ad itodue the pojet to a ide audiee. Thee is oe oe set of epeiees that otiuted to oeall leaig eolog. Thoughout the thee eas of ouse I as fotuate eough to ated a ue of

ofeees ogaised the theoeial ahaeolog goup. I had to pa fo these ad the ee out-side the aadei te. I thooughl ejoed the epeiee ad it as a geat oppotuit to e eposed to people okig i the ield ho peseted the esults of thei eseah. This epeiee gae e the idea that e ould a-e u a ofeee fo ahaeolog studets aioall . With to othe studets I spet a sigiiat pat of ial ea ogaisig ad akeig the to da ofeee hih e held i Jul . It as a geat suess ith oe paiipats. Thoughout the oths of ogaisig the ofeee a hole age of poles ad issues ee aised fo okig out the lie steaig of the ofeee though to ookig oos ad ogaisig paets. Eah of these halleges euied us as a tea to id otats ad esoues that ould help us to oeoe eah hallege alloig us to full

deelop the ofeee ito the suessful pojet it as. Though the Hoeless Heitage pojet I deeloped a iteest i the idea of usig ahaeolog as a eas of iolig people i a ouit pojet ad I ade this the sujet of a seia I had to gie at the ed of ouse. I ial ea I ega to iagie self okig i the ield of 'ouit ahaeolog' ad I disoeed that the Couil fo Biish Ahaeolog CBA ofeed a ue of Couit Ahaeolog Taiig Plaeets. I deided that I ould appl fo oe of these ad to gie self a ete hae of seuig this posiio I oluteeed to help the loal ogaise of the Youg Ahaeologists Clu YAC ad as ale to assist he ith the uig of seeal atuda tips fo shool hilde hih I eall ejoed. Ufotuate-l, eause of illess, I as ot ale appl fo the Couit Ahaeolog Taiig Plaeets ut the epeiee poided e ith a useful isight ito ahaeolog as a possile aee, outside the oe tadiioal oles of ahaeologists. Lookig ak oe highe eduaio epeiee I a o see that ouse poided e ith the asi koledge I eeded ut that atepts to lea ahaeolog ad eoe a ahaeologist ioled uh oe tha tuig up fo letues ad studig the eadig list. Ma of the epeiees though hih I leat ad deeloped self ee pat of a igge self-iiiated ad to soe etet self-eated leaig eolog. I eliee that the hoies I ade i geig ioled i these ide epeiees pesoalised epeiee ad the leaig I gaied fo it. Most of these epeiees ee oeted ot so uh to ouse ut to the igge otet of eig aogst, ad puig self aogst, like-ided people iteested i ahaeolog. The elaioships I foed ith soe ees of staf ad dotoal studets i paiula opeed e oppotuiies fo e ad ealed e to id the help I eeded he I eeded it. ie iishig ouse, iustaes hae eat that I poal ill ot pusue ahaeolog, othe tha fo o iteest, ut hat I ill a ith e is the elief that thee ae alas oppotuiies to lea ad deelop if ou look fo the ad if ou ae illig to get ioled.

Figue M leaig eolog


PERSONAL LEARNING ECOLOGIES, NETWORKS AND ENVIRONMENTS

Peter Rawsthorne

Pete asthoe is a a ith a issio. He's 'hellet to ipleet the ideas i ad aoud pedagog, e edia, soial etoks ad ouiies

of paie'. Aogst othe thigs he's Caadia, a IT pofessioal, eduaioal tehologist adult eduato ad kee Mois Dae.

I as popted a e iteesig teet, the peso asked asked the uesio "What as the difeee etee a Pesoal Leaig Netok PLN ad a Pesoal Leaig Eolog PLE". This uesio got e thikig ad I hae eleted upo it ote i the last fe das. Oe thig that juped out fo this eleio is to add the Pesoal Leaig Eioet to this uesio. This is ho I deie these thee elated ideas.

Pesoal Leaig Netok is gloal ad iludes heee ou etok eah eteds, all esoues ae aailale these esoues a e; ilteed o uilteed, hua, digital, pited, o otheise. It is ipotat to oside eethig i ou etok that a otai o poess koledge ad poide skills auisiio o udestadig as a pat of this etok. You PLN is e oad.

Pesoal Leaig Eolog is oe geogaphiall elated... the leaig ojets ae hat is aailale i the "loal aea" o ithi eas eah digitall o otheise. Ites i the leaig eolog ae hat oe aailale as the leae goes though thei da ad ae the ites i hih the leae has uilt thei koledge. These ojets hae the ailit to e ieed though uliple itelligees ad osued usig uliple tools. The ae the thigs that ae o the uet leaig path ad ot too fa out i the pesos etok. What is i the eolog is a suset of ou PLN ad these ites

ae e easil aessile though uliple odaliies at the ight ie. Ote it is the ojets that ae ight i fot of ou duig ou leaig that ae ost ipotat, its the "he the studet is ead the teahe ill oe" idea. Ad ith PLEologies the teahe a oe i a fos. Depth ad eadth is also ipotat, theefoe he the leaig oppo-tuit pesets itself it eeds to e eploed i its eiet.

Pesoal Leaig Eioet is the full etet of the tools used to gathe koledge ad deepe udestadig. This PLE is oe teholog ased ad iludes all ou deies, appoahes ad ollaoaie tehologies.

A eaple: I hae take it upo self to deelop a epet udestad-ig of the Mois daig ad elated folk usi tadiio ith fous o leaig to pla the pipe ad tao. I'e oited self to this joue ad fo e its aout geig to aste, ot the ate i hih I get to aste. I puposefull put -self i posiios to lea oe. I hae ee doueig poess i leaig the pipe ad tao ad egulal seek out oppotuiies to deepe udestadig of Mois daig ad plaig these tadiioal usial istuets. I hae felt this is sloig due to ot geig the oet etoship ad feedak as I t to lea, ad ot koig hat is et step toad delieate paie is diiult. I oiue to ead ooks o the sujet ad ated fesials ad fae-to-fae


okshops to lea oe. eetl to thigs hae oued that I oside sho the difeee etee a leaig eolog ad a leaig etok.

A hile ak I as seahig fo ooks i these sujet aeas. M eegig leaig etok o this sujet poited e toad a ouple of ooks hih I hae egu to ead. Oe of the ooks desies he leaig the pipe ad tao it is good to do this ea, ad it is a good idea to paise hile siig at a piao so ou a liste oetl to the otes as plaig o the piao the pla the o the pipe. This ak ad foth etee piao ad pipe ill geatl assist i leaig the toes that ou he oe-loig the pipe. Taiig the ea is ipotat to leaig the pipe. Ee though the ooks ae ia etok, it is the pesee of these ooks lose at had that put the ito eolog.

I hae also ee foused o leaig a jig alled "I'll go ad elist fo a sailo". oe of the steps ee eludig e. Oe this last eeked I ateded the Maloo Mois Ale ad as fotuate eough to eet Joh Dete, ho ould teah e the jig. I as sho the steps i detail a aste of the dae, uh of the ste of the steps ee deostated, the ae o loge a ste. All eadig of the dae, athig ideos had pepaed e ell fo this aste/appeie tpe sessio. I as ead to lea ad the oet situaio peseted itself as I as o leaig joue. The Mois Ale eae a pat of leaig eolog.

These ae oth eaples of ho hat as ight i fot of e fo ithi PLEolog is hat I eeded est. Ho this is difeet fo the PLN is that I foused leaig o hat as dietl i fot of e as esoues istead of seahig oade etok. Most ote it is ipotat to hold the faith that the ight leaig is aailale at the ight ie.

Eologies, eosstes ad pesoal leaig eologies

The tes eologies ad eo-sstes ae used to desie the dai iteaios etee plats, aials ad io-ogaiss ad thei eioet, okig togethe as a fuioal uit.

A eosste is

a haitat i hih idiiduals of aious speies o-eist i elaie stailit ad ite-depedee

a set of oelappig ut disit teitoies ad ihes, eah ith its o ules, afodaes ad ostaits

a self-egulaig [self-ogaisig] sste that osues ad eles esoues

a ogaisaio i hih hage ous oe ie, odifig idiiduals, speies ad ite-elaios, ithout destoig the oeall ohesio ad alae.

The eologial etapho has ee applied to a otets ad is ell suited to hua iteaios. I hua eosstes the eologial pespeie ies people i thei phsial, soial ad itual eioets as a uita sste liig ithi a paiula ultual ad histoi otet osuig, elig ad poduig esoues, iludig ifoaio ad koledge, ad hagig leaig ad deel-opig though the poess of iteaio.

Ope pae Leaig Blog aailale at: htp://.aik.a.uk/fa/oss_fa/iatl/aiiies /pojets/osl-ial/teholog/eolog/ Geai, C. B. ad Gitea A Eologial Pespeie aailale o-lie at htp://.up.edu/hoe/aso/_eologial.htl

This aile as oigiall pulished i log i Jue htp://iialteholog.logspot.o.uk///pesoal-leaig-eolog.htl


ECOLOGY OF INNOVATING

Norman Jackson

Wok pojets iolig sigiiat hage ust iole sigiiat leaig ad soeies uleaig the as of doig thigs that had ee doe peiousl. Hee is a eaple of a uiesit teahe's leaig eolog take fo a stud of ho people ioate i a uiesit. aah is gapplig ith the a diesios of he ok pole, hih ioles eaig a e o-lie ouse fo a paiula pofessioal aket ad okig out hat she has to do as she goes alog. We see he stutuig he eio-et to id out hat she eeded to ko i ode to do hat she eeded to do. We see he eouteig halleges fo soe of the etal depatets of he uiesit ho aot gie he the ases she eeds to pogess. We also see he usig he eolog to deelop eaigful ad podu-ie elaioships that eetuall eale he to ahiee he goals ad hih suppot he eoioall i the poess. A-oe ho has ee ioled i tig to ioate ill eogise this ople eolog.

I oiousl used the eseah that e had doe. Disussed it ith the Head of hool ad the othe shool aage-et ad hat the outoes of this eseah ee ad the headigs that e ould put togethe to egi to deelop the shot ouses. The I had to id eteal people to help ith iig otet. I foud these people sot of uilisig o otats. I eeded to poide a faeok fo the people to ok ith. o I ega to thik aout that...a lot of eail ouiaio took plae ith the sedig e ateials ad e hekig it ad goig ak to the ith feedak. It as eall ie osuig fo e i tes of head spae ad haig to pull self out of dail jo, oal esposiiliies ad alost doig this o top of that. ..I as doig a osideale aout of eadig though ateials ad feedig ak duig o ie i the eeigs ad eekeds. Without that, it ould ot hae happeed. [it felt like] a ostat atle eause I alas felt as though I as haig to push othe depatets ad othe aeas of the uiesit to gie e ases to uesios that I had. It alas felt as though the ases didt eist at that poit i ie...oe I had atuall got past that iiial stage of ho do I put these ist dats of the uits togethe, thigs ega to oll ad I ega to disoe ho I ould at least go ad sa Look I hae this uesio, ho a I ask? Who is goig to ase it fo e? I eed ases... eed to ko.

Oe e got ito the iddle stages of the pojet eause I as haig to e o oe had a sujet peso.... I as haig to e a leaig ad teahig peso ad a olie eduaio peso, okig ith Mihael ad atuall tig to udestad the euieets of the [uiesit's ioaio] pojet itself ad akig sue that I as sill oig alas ak to hat e oigiall set out to do. I spet oe ad oe ie ith the people fo [uiesit's eduaioal teholog ete] ad asked fo thei feedak o hat I as deelopig ad hat the eteals ee deelopig ith e. The got oe ad oe ioled eause the eall elieed i hat I as doig oe the oetu got goig....ithout the help-ig e so uh, I ouldt hae ahieed the outoes.

This sto illuiates ho a ioato adapts ad deelops he leaig eolog i ode to lea ho to aoplish the ioaio she as seekig to deelop. It iluded aogst othes people ith koledge ad epeise i the desig of o-lie eduaioal ouses ad leaig eioets, epets i he pofessioal etok ho ould poide the otet fo pofessioal o-lie ouses fo the fashio idust, people i etal oles suh as ualit assuae, egist ad akeig ad he head of depatet. The aaie eeals soethig of the dai, the essiess ad eoio of leaig i deadig stessful ok eioets. But it also eeals the odeful efets ad eoioal suppot of eaie ollaoaio people ho eliee i ad tust eah othe.

What is a Pesoal Leaig Eolog?

the poesses ad otets that poide e ith oppotuiies ad esoues fo leaig,

deelopet ad ahieeet i espet of paiula leaig pojet. Eah otet opises

a uiue oiguaio of aiiies, ateial esoues, elaioships ad the iteaios ad

ediated leaig that eege fo the. Jakso

Jakso, N. J. The Coept of Leaig Eologies i N. J. Jakso ad G.B. Coope eds Lifeide Leaig, Eduaio ad

Pesoal Deelopet e-ook .lifeideeook.o.uk


STUDENT VOICE: KAYAKING IN AFRICA

John Tomlinson

Joh Toliso has just opleted a to ea Mastes ouse i oial Wok at the Uiesit of Duha. He has ee a aie kaake sie a eal age ad has opeted at the highest leel. Ufotuatel his spoig passio has had to take a ak seat i the last to eas hile he has ee studig ut ate iig sposoship fo the Biish Uiesiies Kaakig Assoiaio he is eakig o a see eek epediio to the uhated pats of the Oo ie i outhe Ethiopia. Hee he tells the sto of the a i hih thei epediio has oe togethe: a sto that illustates ell the eolog of ifoal ollaoaie leaig.

Whee did ou passio fo kaakig egi?

I stated aoeig ith ti othe at a eal age ith u ad dad o the ateas of Nofolk. I sa soe kaakes o the ie ad the ee goig uh faste tha us. I deided that I ated to do that. o aoud the age of see u ad dad put e i a sue shool, I did a eek of kaakig ad ate that it as soethig I did ee sue. At the ed of pia shool I saed up poket oe ad ought self ist kaak, a ie ello kaak, hih I as i loe ith. Whe I as I sa soe people doig soe hite ate kaakig, doig feestle hee ou do lots of tiks ad I ated a go. Oe of the gus shoed us soe stuf ad he told e ad othe that if e ated to do it e should get soe oahig. o othe ad I did ad e got uite good at it ad the ie e ee e ade the Geat Biish Feestle tea ad e did that uil e ee ad e ee uite luk eause u ad dad ee illig to iest oe ad thei ie i it, so e got uite a lot of oahig ad the i the sue e ould go o holida aps to Austia, Gea, Fae ad the at aged I et out to )aia. Whe I stated uiesit I oed oto ie uig, paddlig ies ad atefalls. o I'e had a lot of epeiee ut uil o Ie ee eall ee o a epediio.

Wh is it ipotat to ou to paddle o uko ates as it ee?

It is eiig to paddle a ie that o oe else has paddled efoe eause ou ae ot sue hat is aoud the oe. You ight ko the gadiet that the ie falls ad ko the distae so ou a ok out ho uh it is goig to dop ut ou dot ko hats goig to e i the ie just aoud the oe. o thees a ai of eiteet ad aiipaio ad ou oe alie. Ote it's ot possile to do a eoaissae

efoe ou paddle eause the ie is just too iaessile ut thaks to Google Eath ou a look at it ad see oughl hat happes. But uite ote ou dot ko hat oue doppig ito uil oue thee. oeies ou ight id soethig that is eall dageous ad soeies ou ight id soethig that is eall lea ad eiig.

Who is iaig the epediio ad ho ee ou hose?

Ee to eas the Biish Uiesit Kaakig Epediio is ogaised ad tpiall etee ie ad see of the est uiesit kaakes ae seleted to u a epediio soehee i the old. I ast plaig to ete the opeiio ut the all kit had ee oke, sigig up I ould get heape kit eause people ae illig to sposo ou epediio, so iiiall it as oe of the oiaig fatos eause I thought if I at afod to u the kit the I at afod to kaak.

eleio ioled a ite appliaio ad I thik aout people applied ad this as aoed do to people ho ateded the seleio eet ee e deostated ou skills. People got seleted fo a aiet of easos, ot


eessail just thei kaakig ailit ut hethe the ould ite tust fud appliaios ad hethe ou ould get o ith othe people. Fie of us ee seleted. Jaie ad I ae fo Duha Uiesit ad the thees Callu ad Des fo Ediugh ad the oue got Pete fo Ofod.

Whee ae ou goig ad hat has plaig ioled?

We oigiall iteded to go to Pakista, the othe aea aoud Gilgut. A goup had goe the ea efoe that ee fieds ith ad had ol sathed the sufae. Its the ost glaiated egio outside of the pola egios ad it has eight of the olds highest peaks, so a lot of gadiet, a lot of ate eause e ould e goig i osoo seaso as ell hih eas thee is a lot of hite ate hih ould hae eat it is a kaakig paadise ad these gus ho et the ea efoe us epoted that it as ad the had ol sathed the sufae ad the had gie us all this ifoaio that thee as lots of stuf that hadt ee kaaked efoe hee e ould go ad the gae us all these otats as ell. o, it as a epediio o a plate.

The ol diiult as that it as i Pakista ad thees a lot of Talia oeet thee ad ufotuatel thee eeks efoe e ee due to go te foeig tekkes ee udeed the Talia ad the epoted that the ould oiue to kill tekkes as log as the goud stikes happeed. We deided it ouldt e safe o sesile fo us to go thee

o ith thee eeks to go e had to deide o aothe

loaio fo ou epediio. We did i fat hae a pla B. Oe of the tea ees had poposed southe Ethiopia at the seleio eeked ad it as etee Ethiopia ad Pakista that e had oted oigiall. He had alead doe soe goud ok fo a epediio to Ethiopia so e deided to go fo that.

What hae ee the halleges to ealisig this epediio?

Pete ke a lot aout the ies i Ethiopia eause that as the kid of eseah he had doe. What e didt hae as otats i the aea e ee goig to ut Pete had a lot of otats i the atig idust i Kea ho put hi i touh ith people i Ethiopia. Oe of the ost diiult thigs has ee tig to id a die, a ehile ad a guide fo he e ae out thee. We hae tied to id otats ad people ho a help us i a aiet of as. oe of it has ee though iteet seahes ad idig people ho hae kaaked i Ethiopia efoe ad the tig to use thei otats. o though the atig idust, eause thats uite a lose kit ouit, e asked the if thee is aoe ho does at-ig i Ethiopia ho ould ogaise a tou fo us.

At a pesoal leel litle siste is adopted fo Ethiopia ad he u as out thee fo just oe a oth she ade oeios i Addis, so I otated these people ad ee goig to sta ith the at thei guest house iiiall ad the said the ould help put us i otat ith a die.

Fidig a ehile as a diiult oe eause it as soethig like $ a da to et a ehile. o Pete has ought a ehile i Naioi ad is diig it aoss Kea ad ito Ethiopia.

Ou iggest hallege has ee the speed ith hih e hae had to do this ad get isas ad pape ok soted ut e hae pooled ou esoues as a tea. Oe e get thee e ill eoute aothe set of halleges to do ith the logisis of geig to ou desiaio o the Oo ie ad the aothe set of halleges da to da deidig o the speii loaios e ill paddle. We aot pla these i adae eause the eed loal koledge ad atuall seeig thigs as the ae o the goud.

We also ko e ill eed help. Wee got aps fo the ies ut e ill eed a guide ho kos the aea ad is a it of a ie. Noe of us speak Ahai so e eed soeoe ho a i thigs fo us if e get stuk ad if ee i toule e eed soeod ho a talk to loal people ad if ee despeate e eed to sot out food.


Ho ill othe people eeit fo hat ou ae doig?

Oe of the ais of the epediio is to douet hat e id though photos, ideos ad ailes so that othes ight eeit fo hat e disoe. Oe of ou tea, Des, has set up a esite ad e ill put all of ou ateials o it ad thee ae liks to Biish Uiesit Epediios esites. We ill ake all the ifoaio aailale o ou esite so that if people the at to go ad eploe Ethiopia futhe the thees a dataase out thee of ies paddled ad hat gade the ee ad hat to epet, also ifoaio aout the logisis ad ho to ogaise a tip.

We ill also do a letue tou of the difeet kaakig eets o at the difeet plaes hee thee gie us oe ad just tell the aout ou epediio ad aout hat ee foud ad hat e did ad the diiult its, the sa its, the fu its.

What do ou thik is goig to e ou iggest hallege?

Aoidig geig eate os! Thee ae lots of oodiles ad hippos i the ies of Ethiopia. I )aia, o the )aezi the shoot all the os so the touists dot get eate ut I dot thik the do that i Ethiopia. Google tells e that appaetl if ou ag ou oat ith ou paddle it akes the hippos oe to the sufae ad the ou aoid the ut I a alas get uluk ad its oe thig eadig aout it o the iteet ut aothe thig puig it ito paie.

Edito: We hope that Joh ill suie the os ad hippos ad oiue his sto of the eolog of his leaig fo his Afia adetue. Good luk, Joh!

White ate is foed i a apid, he a ie's gadiet ieases eough to distu its laia lo ad eate tuulee, i.e. fo a ul, o aeated ad ustale uet; the foth ate appeas hite. The te is also used loosel to efe to less tuulet ut sill agitated los.

The te "hiteate" also has a oade eaig, applig to a ie o eek itself that has a sigii-at ue of apids. The te is also used as a adjeie desiig oaig o suh ies, suh as hiteate aoeig o hiteate kaakig. oue: Wikipedia

e also ko e ill eed help


AFRICAN ADVENTURE (Part II)

Callum Strong (second from right)

I this aile, Callu tog oiues the sto of this adetuous goup of kaakes

I eal life leaig eologies ae all aout ipoisig ad adapig to the eioet ad hagig iustaes. Joh ad his tea of itepid eploes ould ol do so uh to pepae theseles fo thei eploaio ok. B its e atue etuig ito the uko euies ou to go hee o oe has ee efoe ad ok thigs out alog the a. This log et Callu poides a isight ito the atue of this poess of eploaio i hih the leaig eolog as aout okig thigs out i eal ie ad espodig to hat happeed. The photogaphi eod ad oeta poide futue kaakes i this egio ith useful koledge that the a uild upo. 'o the tea ee i high spiits ate opleig the ist deset of a ie alled the Kola, ist paddlig a lass thee seio folloed a loel k idge to idge seio of oiuous lass / ad ate soe peit ate deided to ake a oe aiious pla

Ou Pla: Wake up to id a loel su da. Die to the Gidao, a e poisig ie doppig a aeage of /k fo k though a ig goge, to id a pefet ediu ate leel. Paddle a k ist deset goge seio of aesoe lass / hiteate. Float leisuel do aout k of latate eadeig though egetaio to eet ou die ad guide at the take-out i ie fo tea. It as a loel siple pla But hat atuall happeed? We ee oke thudeous topial ai thoughout the ight, ad aled out of ed i the oig to id a da o the dape side of su. We doe to the ie to id a poisigl ot lood stage ate leel. Deidig it as good to go e juped o ad paddled k of aesoe lass / hite ate. Ea to ea gis ee the ode of the da as e poeeded soothl ad sitl do hat e all deided as soe of the est paddlig of its stle e had ee doe. The goge as spetaula ith utaed jugle ad ipessie lifs toeig aoe us. To ou elief the ods of people that had set the see o the Kola, iaial aig silig ad shouig; uig aa seaig ad ossig theseles o least desial thoig sizale oks fo high aoe, disappeaed. With eauiful lak ad hite Colous okes leapig oehead ad ol oe staighfoad potage oud a sa t atefall ou pla as deelopig ell, the apids ee easig ad e felt e ust e geig lose to the lat ate at the ed of the ie. No at this poit it ould e pope to add a litle it of ifoaio diied upo us Google aps. The Google ap teai shoed a oious lose pakig of otou lies just


efoe the lat seio, heeas ou ussia topogaphi aps fo the s shoed o idiaio of this. We had deided the ussias ee ight. o, soehat peskil, istead of peteig out to lat ate as as idiated the ussias the ie stated pikig up soe sigiiat gadiet agai. We foud ouseles pikig ou a though soe geat lass /+ apids haateised huge ouldes ad eough siphos to foe oeta-io. oo e foud ouseles o the lip of a giat lass + oulde-jule apid ad late i the da this as a lea potage fo the tea.

O a sale of to eial the goge alls ee uite up thee ad eatl ho to potage as a lot less lea. Joh ad Jaie opted to gai a sa edd aoe the lip of this east ad hek hethe aess as possile alog the let ak. Lukil it as ad ate oe oe safel akig the edd soe lassi epediio jugle potagig esued. A peek oe the et hoizo elutatl oluded that the soe as Google : ussia. A fe hous, lots of potagig, sis ude tees ad oks, oe paddle ad soe sa kaakig late e ee uig out of da i hih to paddle. The Pla as staig to go a. We deided ith liited dalight let ad o sig of the odelie uuale hiteate eleig e had to all it a da ad sped a ight i the goge. We foud a deet foot-path leadig out of the goge ad pithed ap halfa up, ith a toop of aoos sueig us fo the opposite lif fae. Die as g of oodles ad a i of tua shaed e-tee ad eakfast as a ulipak sikes a hopped ito piees. Betee these uh ejoed luuies a old ad ite ight as edued, aleit i a stuig loaio. All aig a good feed e got kited up eal, ol to id the

ie had ise at least a foot oeight ad goe fo a udd o to ight ed. The gadiet looked stuk o tuo steep fo the foeseeale futue ad e aked o ith potagig aothe kiloete though jugle. oo eough e ae to a eial goge all ad ee faed ith the deisio to hike a log a up ad oe o u a tik apid do ad oud a oe i the hope the ie lateed. ik of potagig e ouded the oe to id gloious lat ate. Joh i high spiits ad oliious of the high hae of eouteig os ad hippos foged ahead hile the est oded togethe tappig ou kaaks.

At this poit it ould e pope to add a litle oe ifoaio diied upo us Google aps. The satellite iage shoed the ie disappeaig slightl o-igl ito a fe ks of sap efoe the takeout ut e had deided that thee should e paddleale haels of ate though the sap. As the ie split ito ieas-igl aoe haels e foud ouseles paddlig sit loig ate though a e e dese foest. Ate out

of of us had had soe pet sa apsizes ad tee piigs e deided thigs ee geig idiulous ad e had to take ou haes o foot. I the et half a hou e oeed hoizotal etes. It as uish. Thigs oiued i this fashio fo the est of the da as e ut ou a though hudeds of etes of iedil dese egetaio, fustaigl lose to the takeout. We ee all e ied ad hug ad ou legs ad as ee i tates as ost of the plats hee ae aed ete tha the U ilita. At p e oke fee of the sap ad hauled kaaks up ad out of the steep sided alle aed the ie. The old Ethiopia euialet of Fata Oage ought to us ou e oied guide as possil the est thig ee apat fo ae a helpful Ethiopia a ith a ile ho aied ou kaaks the last fe huded etes to the ou tust Ladoe fo Bi As a kaake I a usuall agaist da pojets, hoee e all eloe ith ope as the poposed da at the oto of the Gidao, eplaig the last k of the ie ith a lake ould, i ou ees, e o ad thig. Photos fo the Adetue ae hee: htps://.faeook.o/austog/edia_set?set=a...&tpe=


LEARNING ECOLOGY IN THE NATURAL WORLD

Jenny Willis

Udestadal, the ailes i this issue fous o leaig eologies elated to ou hua epeiee. Hoee, I as oed a stikig eaple of leaig i the atual old, hih gies us a aig of the aialet atue of leaigs oseuees. I hae a speial aiit ith i Laka, ad ideed ea a Gaesh aoud ek. The BBC pogae i Laka: Elephat Islad, theefoe had a dual appeal. It as ade aad iig ildlife aeaa, Mat Colek, ho has studied elephats i Afia. The e eistee of the i Laka stai esults fo a iologial adaptaio to its eioet e ight ee speulate that that iludes the ipat of the laou a has foed upo it, efoig, oe etuies , the stutue of its head ad ak. Mat as thee to opae the ehaiou of the i Laka elephat. We egi i a satua fo ophaed elephats, hee the oug aials ae fed ad utued efoe eig eleased ak ito the ild. The pla happil, isiiel spaig eah othe ith ate: I ask self, ill isit take oe he the id theseles i otol of thei o lies? Will the ko ho to fed fo theseles ithout the eeit of adult ole odels duig thei foaie eas?

Out o i the ild, Mat oes aoss a goup of elephats gatheig to see a e-o alf. To feales stad oe the postate alf as it stuggles to oe to its feet. The feales ae eoig oe aggessie ad egi to ight fo possessio of the alf. Aazigl, the othe is die of the aggesso, ho gathes the a ude he od. But its i tuk seahes i ai fo a plae to sukle. Mat epesses ou aiet: ho a suh a i, uleale eatue suie ithout a othes ilk? His feas out, as the elephats all disappea ad he eetuall assues the alf has died.

The, ate a log asee, the alf appeas oe oe, this ie ith its atual othe. It is ell ad etued to its pope plae. o ho do e eplai these stage eets?

The ase to the appaet aggessio eeges he Mat is told that the othes feale ial had ee aised i the satua. The ost ipotat thig the oug lea thee is to potet ad ae fo oe aothe. he had ee efoe itessed a ith, so oed i to potet the i alf, ighig of hat she ogl peeied to e a theat to it. We ae eided that Mas ell-iteded iteeio i aig fo the ophaed elephats a hae adese epeussios fo the futue of these idiidual eatues. But the, i Laka has a sad histo of upseig its eolog. Whe I isit Tail elaies, iis ad desedats of the diaspoa hih has sateed the aoss the gloe, I giee fo the eauiful islad to hih the ill ee etu. The aitai thei laguage ad ultue alogside that of thei e aios, ut ill the eolog of i Laka ee eoe fo the loss of these taleted people?

Gaesha is idel eeed as the eoe of Ostales[] ad oe geeall as the Lod of Begiigs ad the Lod of Ostales,[] pato of ats ad siees, ad the dea of itellet ad isdo.[] He is hooued at the egi-ig of ituals ad eeoies ad ioked as the Pato of Letes duig iig sessios. oue: htp://e.ikipedia.og/iki/Gaesha

Clips ad oe ifoaio aout the pogae a e foud at: htp://..o.uk/iplae/episode//Natual_Wold__i_Laka_Elephat_Islad/


THE ECOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYa note Ronald Barnett

Gie the eologial thee of this issue e ight iuie as to the ole of the uiesit i all this? Uiesiies ae, ad alas hae ee, ipotat i the leaig ad koledge eologies of people ad soiet ut it is oth eleig o the idea of a eologial uiesit.

The ode uiesit is eessail a etoked uiesit. uh etoks a e osideed to ositute a ostellaio of eologies. Koledge eologies, eooi eologies, poliial eologies, isituioal eologies ad ultual eologies: the uiesit is eedded i all these ad othe

eologies hih ust e ouished ad utued if the ae to louish. B daig o the idea of eologies hee, I a aig to da ateio to the dai sstes i hih the uiesit is eedded, the idiidual eiies of hih

ae itelaed i fagile iteelaioships.

I his hapte o Leaig Eologies ad thei sigiiae fo Lifeide Leaig ad Eduaio, ad daig o Bofeee, Noa Jakso osees that i elaio to eduaio, eologies a e foud at difeet leels. These ilude: the iosstes of idiiduals, a esosste otaiig ogaised leaig aiiies, a eosste i hih a isituio has esposiilit fo leaig pogaes, the aosste the highe eduaio sste itself ad the hoosste ite-elated sstes eolig though ie.

I this shea, a uiesit is aifestl a eosste, hih has esposiilit fo esosstes o hih idiiduals a da i okig though thei o eologial iosstes. But this eleio i tu poses the uesio as to the


odiios that a uiesit eeds to saisf i ode fo it to e judged a eologial sste i its o ight. Just hat does the eologial uiesit opise?

I ould suggest that the eologial uiesit has the follo-ig featues Baet :-:

The eologial uiesit udestads its situaio, ad its ufoldig, ithi uliple eologies, iludig koledge eologies. It has a oe fo the sustaiailit ad the self-geeaioal apaiies of these eologies. It is sesiie to the idea of 'deep eolog' Moog i that it udestads itself to e eedded i these eologies ad ot sepaate fo the; although it osides, too that it has pools of feedo to eeise i elaio to these eologies.

The eologial uiesit has a iteest ot eel i sustaiailit, ut i elleig. Wheeas sustaiailit looks to aitai a gie state of euiliiu, elleig looks to a oiuous louishig of the a eologies that iteset ith it. Cetail, hat is to out as louishig is itself ope to deate ut the eologial uiesit udestads too that it itself ositutes a spae i hih deate as to hat is to louish should e oduted.

The eologial uiesit theefoe has a ae o oe fo the old. Ulike the eseah uiesit hih is a uiesit-i-itself ad ulike the etepeeuial uiesit hih is a uiesit-fo-itself the eologial uiesit is a uiesit-fo-the-othe. It has a pofoud sese of the hole old oth ithi itself ad eod it-self, haig lage lais o it, ad it is itet o otiuig to the old i ethiall jusiiale as.

The eologial uiesit is egaged ith the old. It eahes out ito the old, ut is sesiie to the eologial alaes at ok ad to its o esposiiliies i the old.

The eologial uiesit puts its esoues ito pla suh that the see the old. The eologial uiesit does ot dietl see the old; it does ot sipl see the iteests of the old as deied the old ut addiioall it otiutes to the deiiio of the iteests of the old. Pat of its seig the old is e aie i shapig the iteests of the old. As stated, it has a oe fo the sustaiailit of the old hih ilude its o sustaiailit ut as a eessa odiio of its liig out its oe ith elleig ad louishig.

Ho does all this ea o lifeide eduaio? It does so i to as, idietl ad dietl. Idietl, the eologial

uiesit as just skethed out lies out full the piiples ad alues of the eologial. It ot eel looks to sustai the old i all its ite-elated opleit ut also seeks to deelop ad ipoe the old. Dietl, it opes spaes fo lifeide leaig. Pikig up futhe ideas i Jaksos hapte, the eologial uiesit poides a spae i hih task-oieted leaig a eoe leaig-osious leaig. I its leaig spaes, poesses of eleio a e ssteaiall ohestated. Though suh poesses, a idiiduals lifeide leaig a e ought ito ie ad iiall appaised, ith esulig gais i a idiiduals lifeold tajeto.

The eologial uiesit, aodigl, a to da o Jaksos shea poide eduaioal poesses hih a idiidual a deelop e pesoal udestadigs ad apailit, ad it does so oth though the poisio of eduaioal esoues ad spaes fo e elaioships to fo that ae oduie to the eleie poesses of the lifeide leae. I tu, it ofes a otet that a ee eoe a uasi-hoe to this eleie lifeide leae.

It aot e said that the eologial uiesit is eessa fo lifeide leaig to take plae ut it a ost assuedl e said that the eologial uiesit a do uh to ehae lifeide leaig. I oig to ae aout lifeide leaig, the eologial uiesit a help to edue the fagilit of the pesoal eologies peset hee those atahig to idiiduals leaig pojets though life ad so aid thei sustaiailit.

Refeees Baet, . Iagiig the Uiesit. Lodo ad Ne Yok: outledge

Jakso, N. J. The Coept of Leaig Eologies i N. J. J akso ad B. C. Coope eds Lifeide Leaig, Eduaio ad Pesoal Deelopet e-ook aailale o-lie at .lifeideeook.o.uk

Moog, . Eologial Poliis fo the Tet-Fist Cetu: Whee does atue it i? i . Moog ad . toe eds Natue, oial elaios ad Hua Needs Basigstoke: Palgae Mailla


REGENERATING THE LEARNING ECOSYSTEM

This aile is a etat fo a foeast o the futue of leaig alled 'eoiat Eduaio: egeeaig the Leaig Eosste' pulished KoledgeWoks, a UA ogaisaio poidig ioaie tools, taiig ad assistae to shool leades, teahes ad ouit stakeholdes htp://koledgeoks.og/. To ead the full foeast, isit htp://koledgeoks.og/sites/default/iles/Foeast__.pdf We ae e gateful to KoledgeWoks fo alloig us to pulish this aile.

Cotet

A eplosio of ioaio has ee tasfoig ho e thik aout leaig ad ho e ogaise talet ad esoues fo leaig epeiees. The ightl oud elaioships ad esoue los that used to delie istuio, deelop uiulu, pefo assesset, gat edeials, ad poide pofessioal deelopet ae dissolig. Teahig ad leaig hae eoe uoupled fo tadiioal eduaioal isituios ad ae o aaila-le though ad ehaed a iat leaig eosste.

The et deade poises to ig etesie eoiaio to eduaio. As e eduaio ioaios, ogaisaios, esoues ad elaioships polifeate, e hae the oppotuit to put the piees soe log-estalished ad soe e togethe i e seuees to eate a diese ad eolig leaig eosste.

At its est, eoiat eduaio ill disoe diese ogaisaioal fos ad leaig foats that id a as to itegate talet, ouit assets, ad gloal esoues i suppot of studet-eteed leaig. Ne as of easselig hat see like dispaate piees ad of iopoaig e kids of iputs hae the poteial to ushe i a old of leaig that poides ih pesoalisaio fo ee leae thoughout a lifeie.

Of ouse, less poisig alteaies ae also possile. If e do ot efeiel egage i ogoig eduaio eoiaio, e isk leig the disupios of the oig deade pepetuate ieuiies fo leaes, udeie the leaig eosstes apait to adapt, ad ao the ipat of eduaio ioaios keepig the lagel uoodiated, oppotuisi, ad fageted.

Foeast .

The Koledge Woks foeast highlights ie disupios that ill eshape leaig oe the et deade. espodig to the ith eaiit athe tha fea ill e iial to pepaig all leaes fo a uetai futue.

DEMOCRATISED STARTUP - Tasfoaioal iestet stategies ad ope aess to statup koledge, epeise, ad etoks, ill seed a eplosio of disupie soial ioaios. HIGH-FIDELITY LIVING - As ig data loods hua sese

akig apaiies, ogiie assistats ad otetual feed-ak sstes ill help people taget peisel thei iteaios ith the old. DE-INSTITUTIONALISED PRODUCTION - Aiit of all sots ill e ieasigl idepedet of isituios as otiuios eoe oe ad-ho, dai, ad etoked. CUSTOMISABLE VALUE WEBS - Ioaie, ope usiess odels ill leeage ople etoks of assets ad elaioships to eate ulta-ustoe-eti epeiees aoss idusties. SHAREABLE CITIES - Net geeaio iies ill die soial ioaio, ith ua ifastutue shaped pates of hua oeio ad otiuio.

Ipliaios

Fo leaes: As e egeeate the leaig eosste, ustoisale alue es ill allo self-dieted leaes to aigate diese esoues ad oppotuiies ad o-deelop highl pesoalised leaig pathas ith the suppot of leaig agets. Leaes ad leaig agets ill e utuall esposile fo seekig out the suppot of leaig epets ad aitaiig oust etoks. peiiall, leaes ill eed to: Use pesoal pefoae feedak fo uliple digital

data steas ad dashoads to ifo thei o leaig ad deelopet Da upo thei itisi oiaio to take esposiilit fo ealuaig aailale leaig oppotuiies ad fo o-desigig thei uiue leaig pathas ith leaig agets eek out ad ok ith etos, pee leaig goups, ad digital ad hua leaig agets to suppot ad futhe thei leaig epeiees Use those sae esoues to aigate the aa of hoies ofeed the leaig eosste Egage ith a ide aiet of leaig tools, esoues, ad leaig foats to auie ad appl oe koledge ad esseial skills suh as ollaoaio, iiiaie, gloal aaeess, eaiit, iial thikig, ad peseeae Deostate aste of oe koledge ad esseial skills though pefoae-ased assesset. Fo leaig agets: As e egeeate the leaig eosste, the ue ad tpe of leaig agets ill


epad daaiall. Eisig eduatos ill edeie thei pofessioal oles to ath thei stegths. I addiio, deelopes, etepeeus, ad tehologists ill eate e oles ad oppotuiies fo theseles. uessful leaig agets ill: Use ad eate uli-laeed isual dashoads to dise

eaig fo leaig aalis that guide istuio ad ouiate pogess Itegate teholog to ustoise leaig o a oiuous asis ad to ake pefoae pediios that allo fo eal iteeios desiged to peet failues ad dop-outs Collaoate ith othe leaig agets ad use ouit ad gloal esoues to failitate egaged leaig that igites studets itisi oiaio ad uilds studets oe koledge ad esseial skills Itegate pefoae-ased assessets ad guide leaes i uildig digital pofolios that epeset thei uiue poteial to the old

Culiate thei o etepeeuial skills i usig puli ad piate esoues to deelop ustoised leaig pathas fo all studets e-eisio thei o oles eploig e as of ledig digital leaig tools ith othe seies ad esoues to leeage thei pofessioal stegths ad passios i okig dietl o idietl ith leaes Estalish pofessioal pee ouiies to deelop thei koledge aout deepeig ad aeleaig studet leaig ad losig ahieeet gaps Use digital pofolios to aage ad epeset thei o oiuous leaig.

Fo leaig eosste deelopet: The leaig eosste ill egeeate ueel oe the et deade. I egios of apid eoiaio, egaged edu-iizes, a iat edu-peeuial ultue, ad a ua ephasis o opeess ad shaig ill eoe aies ad eouage sat isk-takig. To ahiee oe osistet egeeaio of the leaig eo-sste hee the eeds of all leaes ae et, stakeholdes ill eed to: Deelop iteopeailit aoss pogas, seies, data-

sapes, ad leaig plafos uppot deelopet of puli-piate pateships ad haess soial ioaios to epad the aa of esoues, ogaisaioal foats fo shool, ad oppotuiies aailale to all studets Lead the poess of aiulaig hat leaes ill eed to ko ad e ale to do i a dai old hee koledge is a oodit Ceate ad uliate soialstuts usig ehaiss suh as ouit desig, gae ehais, diese pa ad ead stutues, ad itisi oiaio to eouage ollaoaio Alloate esoues ad ateio to eseah ad deelop-et efots ad ouiate aout suessful edu-peeuial aiiies, adoaig fo puli poli ad pateig ith othes to eouage ioaios to sale Estalish taspaet, eaigful, ad aessile epoig of foaie ad suaie pefoae data at all leels of the leaig eosste Esue that eeoe i the leaig eosste has

aess to, ad the apait to use, the data eeded to ake efeie deisios aout leaes Itegate koledge fo the epaded ad diese age of pofessioals eteig the leaig eosste ad eoside the ost efeie deiiios of oles fo a aiet of leaig agets Collaoate ith stakeholdes aoss the leaig eosste to ideif as of ealuaig the ualit of diese leaig agets ad leaig poides Ceate igoous ad eaigful leaig epeiees

that suppot leaig agets i oiuousl ipoig thei efeieess Tak ad addess a e ieuiies that eege ithi the leaig eosste.

The futue is ot a ied poit. It ous to eate. The foeast peies ie disupios that ill

eshape leaig oe the et deade. Respodig to the ith eaiit athe tha

fea ill e iial to pepaig all leaes fo a uetai futue.

The oplete ifogaphi a e aessed at htp://koledgeoks.og/sites/


SHOE BOX ECOLOGY WORKSHOP

Chisie Foutai ad Susa Patik Fault of Busiess, Etepise ad Spot

Southapto Solet Uiesit

The ig hallege fo a okshop failitatos is ho to get people ioled i thikig ad talkig aout the sujet of the okshop. I tig to aise aaeess of lifeide leaig aogst olleagues paiipaig i the Fault's eseah ad E-tepise Cofeee e had the idea of a 'shoe o eolog'.

Noa Jakso opeed the sessio ith a itoduio to soe of the oepts that udelie lifeide leaig ad ho studets' lifeide leaig ad pesoal deelopet ight e eouaged, suppoted, eogised ad alued, ased o Lifeide Eduaio's Lifeide Deelopet Aad.

Paiipats ee diided ito goups ad poided ith a shoeo ad a elei assotet of ites. Eah goup as iited to ideif a oo o shaed aiit that ees of the goup ould all elate to, suh as aig fo a elaie, takig pat i a spoig aiit, ogaisig a soial eet, aagig a holida, aagig a household udget. Eah ee of the goup as iited to elet o the leaig gaied fo the ideiied aiit, ad to selet a ojet o iage that the ould assoiate ith it, to e plaed i the goup leaig shoe o.

Eah goup as the iited to shae thei stoies aout h the had seleted a ite fo the shoeo. What a jo it as to hea the eal life stoies, leaig ad oeios atiuted to these ites ad hat a a of eealig ad eleaig idiiduals' eaiit atiuig eaig to the ost udae of ojets as paiipats foud ites that spaked eoies ad eoios. Eah delegate as eaig thei o eaig ad eealig thei o eolog of leaig. The liks to, ad ideiiaio of, iial poits of leaig ealed the delegates to pipoit ad shae leaig epeiees ad oo thees suh as plaes ad spaes, taellig ad ho koledge as passed though failies eeged.

'Pesoalisaio, ollaoaio ad ifoal leaig ill e at the oe of leaig i the futue. The etal leaig paadig is haateised lifelog ad lifeide leaig ad shaped the uiuit of Ifoaio ad Couiaio Tehologies ICT. o sas a Euopea Coissio Foesight epot eisioig leaig i so uiesiies eed to pa oe ateio to the lifeide diesio of studets' leaig ad deelopet. outhapto olet Uiesit Busiess hool agees that this is ipotat ad e ill ofe the Lifeide Deelopet Aad i a seleio of ude ad post- gaduate ouses fo the et aadei ea.

edeke, C., Leis, M., Leedetse, M., Puie, Y., Gijses, G., Kishe, P. toao, . ad Hoogeld, B. The Futue of Leaig: Pepaig fo Chage. Euopea Coissio Joit eseah Cete Isitute fo Pospeie Tehologial tudies EU EN Lue-oug: Puliaios Oie of the Euopea Uio htp://ipts.j.e.euopa.eu/ puliaios/pu.f?id=


RECOGNISING LIFEWIDE LEARNING, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Workshop Report, Rob Ward

eogisig lifeide leaig as the fous of a okshop oeed the Cete fo eodig Ahieeet CA ad iolig epesetaies fo QAA, Mozilla ad Lifeide Eduaio. All fou ogaisaios hae iteests i lifeide leaig ad pesoal deelopet.

The iteaie eet, held at the Uiesit of Asto o th Jue , set out to addess the hallege of eogisig, eifig ad aediig leaig ad ahieeets deied fo egageet ith o-ad eta-uiula aiiies togethe ith the atue of leaig eologies that suh aads ee ipliitl eogisig.

The eet as soehat elei i atue, eaig ogaisaioal pespeies the ok of the QAA i deelopig a Toolkit fo eogisig ahieeet eod the uiulu, peissie eogiio faeoks the Ope Badges iiiaie ad pesoal, pheoeologiall-oieted pespeies Pesoal Leaig Eologies daig o the ok of the Lifeide Eduaio Couit.

Thee siulus otiuios at the stat eated a iteesig ad egagig set of otets fo the okshop disussios hih foed the ete piee of the da. Withi the late i paiula ee to e foud oes aout pesoal/isituioal oudaies isituioal spae, shaed spae ad piate spae. The poteial to deoaise aeditaio aoe a aad a adge as eogised, et fo soe aeditaio eeded to oe fo a tusted soue hih, ot supisigl gie the audiee, a felt should iole a isituio aeditaio eig a oiuig ke fuio of Highe Eduaio isituios.

Aside fo the alue of etokig that is ote epoted as eig a ke eeit of paiipaio i suh eets, it as iteesig to eogise that the difeet pespeies peseted ee all osideed aluale. Ideed holdig ad aluig uliple pespeies is likel to e ipotat fo the futue of these fos of leaig.

The ok of the QAA ad of Mozilla o Ope Badges as see as ipotat fo a isituioal pespeie, i espet of hat ight out i tes of eogiio, pehaps i uildig o fo the uet eas of aagig ad aediig eta-uiula aads ad elated leaig aiiies. Ehaig studet/gaduate eploailit as, udestadal, i the ids of a of the paiipats.

The fous o Pesoal Leaig Eologies poided a athe difeet ad opleeta ephasis as it highlighted the a idiiduals eate thei o poesses fo leaig daig o the otets, elaioships ad esoues the hae aess to. A eologial pespeie fouses ateio o hat is sigiiat ad eaigful i leaig deied fo pesoal epeiee. The appoah deeloped ithi the okshop eleet, as see as haig appliailit fo deelopetal ok ith studets, tesio to the uliate ipotae, to hih all i the ial aalsis seeed to susie. The laguage of leaig hee as aout self-eated poesses fo leaig ad pesoal deelopet, self-aaeess ad eogiio fo hat idiiduals elieed to e sigiiat ad eaigful leaig, as opposed to aeditaio o eeig the leaig ojeies ad iteia set othes. o, as is so ote the ase i CA eets, e tued out ot to e too fa aa fo the essee of PDP paie despite the o-appeaae of suh tes i the eet itle!

Ro Wad is Dieto The Cete fo Reodig Ahieeet


UK-WIDE SURVEY OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR AWARDS

Harriet Barnes

Quality Assurance Agency

The Qualit Assuae Age fo Highe Eduaio QAA, .aa.a.uk is uetl okig ith paiioes i the UK highe eduaio seto to deelop soe guidae o eta-uiula aads also ko as o-uiula, o skills, o gaduate o eploailit aads. The ue of suh aads aailale has go sigiiatl i eet eas, ad ith suh epasio has oe a goig age of appoahes. The guidae ill theefoe seek to aptue ideas aout ho aads a est e desiged ad ipleeted to ahiee the pupose of akig studets ete at takig esposiilit fo thei o pesoal ad pofessioal deelopet ad akig the ost of thei highe eduaio epeiee. Poisioall eitled eogisig ahieeet eod the uiulu, the guidae ill take a tool kit appoah, ad ill e desiged to help paiioes haged ith seig up a e aad fo sath o eitalisig a eisig shee.

To ifo the deelopet of the guidae, QAA is uetl aig out a sue of seto paie. The sue has seeal puposes: To poide eidee of aeas it ould e helpful to featue i the tool kit To ollet a ase lie set of data aout the sale ad

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