Learning Design and Creating A Learning Culture
We are at a crux time where the directions we go will decide the outcome of our future. This is a great time to share and voluntarily evolve or learn through growth and development, through the open exchange of innovative discoveries about ourselves in relation to each other and to the world, and to cultivate a culture of learning. At CALCO we are promoting learning as conscious engagement in growing and maturing our deepest most human attributes, skills, and talents and in designing curriculum for the future. For so long we have limited learning to contents, bits, and invention, all of which are profound tools, yet when used alone they are limited. These tools, used in a great Learning Design, are accentuated and enhanced. Learning design is the process of shaping the nature of the learning experience. For instance adding the body into the learning design can support optimal brain functioning by keeping our whole experience alive and purposeful. This could look like adding play, imagination, movement, rest, and relationship into a learning context. The context could be a school, a business, a family, or an organization. We are always learning about how to be in the world with its rapid changes, adaptions, and complexity. We would like to share new design discoveries across the domains of specialty and culture and move into the shared human experience. As a species we are in need of the new and shared learning creates a culture of exchange and in turn evolves our work. Much like the Flickr phenomenon, which has reduced the time certain photo processes and software can be used from the time of introduction to the peoples hands. What once took ten months for a group of professional photographers to learn can now be done in three, through Flickr’s platform. See: www.flickr.com For more research on the research done on this phenomenon see: www.herecomeseverybody.org
Another interesting read is on Social Software .
Inquire into CALCO and share in an experiment to Evolve our experience, our learning, and ourselves.
Thanks
Executive Director of CALCO
Scot Nichols
