UBC’s World Cafe What is an ideal learning environment?
UBC’s World Cafe
What is an ideal learning environment?
facilitators
Jan Johnson: Manager, Facilitation and Process Design
Cindy Underhill: Learning Resource Design Strategist
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT)
what we’re aiming for...
A documented collection of your ideas about the ideal learning environment:
What is it?
What do we need in order to support it?
how we’ll get there..
Discussion
Sticky notes for ideas
Grouping ideas according to themes/patterns
Collective observations
definitions for clarity...
Learning environments refer to the context in which we learn and teach. This includes place, people, resources.
Typically include four components:
An enabling context (physical or online space to bring people together)
Resources (library, internet, people)
A set of tools (tools to help learners process information, manipulate data, and discuss)
Scaffolds (problem solving supports)
Hannafin, Land, & Oliver, 1999. from: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/models/environs.html
definitions for clarity
Learning experiences are those events and activities from which: We learn, and We can identify (to a certain extent) what we have
learned.
They are personal and often shared.
Teaching experiences are those events and activities: Which involve teaching to a group or individual, and Where we can identify (to a certain extent) what was
taught.
They are personal and sometimes shared.
start where you are...
as a learner
discussion
Discuss (First Group):
Describe a really good learning experience you’ve had recently. What made it good? Why?
Note:
Responses on stickies (one idea per) and add to wall.
Move:
One person stay at the table to host the new group.
Others please move to a new table.
Host begins conversation by sharing what previous group discussed, using flipchart notes as illustrations.
discussion
Discuss (Second Group):
What are the necessary ingredients to support great learning experiences?
Note:
Responses on stickies (one idea per) and add to wall.
sharing ideas
Place all stickies on paper wall
Working together, cluster related ideas
Develop a name/title/theme for each cluster
observations
What patterns do you notice?
Are you surprised by anything you see?
Is there anything missing?
Something you would like to move or highlight?
Compare your stickies with those from previous World Cafes. What do you notice?
thank you!
Outcomes to be assembled for UBC-V’s Learning Conference :
October 28th, 2010
More information about the Learning Conference or Celebrate Learning Week:
http://celebratelearning.ubc.ca/