What-is-ELLI

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?

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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resilience

confidence | resourcefulness | perseverance| determination |learning from failure| coping with criticism | self-driven| independence| facing challenges | security | firm grounding

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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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creativity

imagination | free-thinking | exploration| innovation |playfulness| investigative enquiry | experimentation| new perspectives| intuition| problem-solving| genius | originality| doing things differently

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Creativity

is about authentic

self-expression.

It's about our ability

to generate

something new –

new ideas, new

so l u t ions ,

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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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

3

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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learning relationships

community | exchanging ideas | sharing knowledge | role models | leading | teamwork| emotional support | collaboration| synergy | autonomy | reciprocity | co-operation

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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

o t h e r. T h e y a re

a b o u t r o l e

models, stories,

sharing and

reciprocity.


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meaning-making

making links | joined-up thinking |connecting ideas | remembering |contextualising knowledge | patterns | comprehension | metaphor | coherence | recognition

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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

o f mean ing .

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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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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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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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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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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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.

ELLI: empowers students and teachers

increases engagement raises motivation builds community

provides organisational learning data drives measurable change

develops full-spectrum learning

Designed to change as you change, the ELLI profile is a flexible roadmap for growth.

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