Animotronic Cat Ears, darr1cjsro , and comment by Diana Laurillard

The web is wonderful as a way to discover new things, the sort of jumble you used to find in bookshops. I just read the news that Animotronic Cat Ears are now available in the USA.

Not sure when these will turn up in Devon UK.  They respond to your mood as frioends will get to know.  darr1cjsro asks the question, would you wear them in public?

Anyway, the reason I found them was that Diana Laurillard left a comment on another post which I think was intended for my blog. I wrote about her new book -Teaching As A Design Science - Building Pedagogical Patterns for Learning and Technology. 

dianalaurillard quoted from my post-:

"What strikes me is that "design science" is an approach that can be related to by people working in quality and other forms of applied learning. As memory serves earlier writing on technology enhanced learning seemed to be working on academic theory from which design would follow. There could still be some better theory to come, but the science is in the method to loop through practice."

and responded-

Yes, good point - a design science should test and feed back into theory development as well.

So I think this is worth repeating because it opens up more space for communication with theory. See earlier posts in this Posterous will789gb blog for background on how quality assurance is regarded. The interest around "design science" could fit with how quality systems operate. So I am hoping to interest people from quality discussions such as the MoSO group on LinkedIn. Learning has always been part of quality.

There was another comment on the actual post-

"Laurillard seems to be writing for a fairly stable situation" - Yes, but the stable situation is continual technology innovation. That's why teachers must be able to act like design scientists, always exchanging ideas, always improving what they do, and given the time and responsibility to do so.

This gets into areas like system review and may even bring back quality circles to the UK. In some places they never went away.

Academic journals, B2B Publishing, cross language and social media, interruptions

Quite soon the Lancaster University LinkedIn group that is open to non graduates will close so I'm moving a topic out and it will probably continue for a while as part of Cross Media Live.

What to think about academic publishing and piracy etc. ?

this started with a Critical Management  link to Al Jazeera, see previous post

Recently I had an email from Sage about a free offer of access to Organisational Studies for five articles relating to the EGOS Conference in Helsinki July 5 -7, 2012.

This one is about interruptions

Constant Connectivity: Rethinking Interruptions at Work 
By J. Wajcman and E. Rose

So here is one example where the barrier of cost, library access etc is got round till the end of July. But for an audience beyond academics there is still the problem of language. The content could be explained in some other form. I think there is a lot of content in Business to Business magazines that might relate to a conference about Design. But there is a current gap between forms of publishing. 

Helsinki is currently a city of Design. I will try to find some magazine links for a future post. 

Social media seems to work mostly with fairly short bits of text, and an open approach. I don't know what the befefits are of a closed LinkedIn group. The #mtw3 idea is to have at least an occasional exchange of theory and practice.

(I am planning to read the complete paper but I may be interrupted)

Cross Media Live may already indicate significant change about cross media

Cross Media Live is a show in September but the LinkedIn group is interesting already. I am pushing at clarifying as much as possible.

They picked up a report from Brand Republic about the Guardian finances and speculation that they may move away from print and do more online. I have added a comment that as Brand Republic is part of Haymarket it is also relevant to ask what is happening with Haymarket print titles including Printweek.

This is from Jan last year. Things move a bit slowly so an event like Cross Media Live is an occasion to assess trends.

You should find the discussion if you search LinkedIn for Cross Media Live then look through the first few topics.

I am still looking at #mtw3 as a stream about learning and #mosocoop mostly about quality. The situation around Cross Media is a focus for both. There is also a question about the IPEX print show now that HP has decided not to attend. Cross Media may get more attention as the organisers face some of the same issues as other business to business media. 

Confusion re tech phases to continue through BETT #paranoid #California

Good Morning Silicon Valley has news about the glasses from a Google event, and also a bit of history.

Apparently

 Pete Carey wrote for the Mercury News in August 1991 that Lee Felsenstein, one of the designers of the Osborne portable computer, showed him “a small device extending in front of the eyes from a set of headphones, and there seemed to be a fairly large, readable red-on-black computer screen inside it” 

There is a theory that only the paranoid survive, which seems to mean that companies have to keep innovating.

I doubt if many people in Devon will be investing thousands of pounds in new Google glasses just to keep up with the developers. But early next year at BETT there could be some interest in a demo.

Meanwhile the idea of a fairly cheap tablet is interesting. Only one camera but it may work with Google + for conversation. Can you record video and load to YouTube? I wait on some detail in reviews and my hard copy to arrive from Dennis Publishing.

Meanwhile I still think Adobe and PDF are out of sync. If there is no priority on development or buzz then the price levels for Acrobat should be dropping round about now. An app for a tablet at around £15, not the desktop prices of some time ago.

Why is it sacrilege? Is there something sacred about a normal gallery? #sacrilege2012 #twitterart

I am still thinking about Sacrilege, the inflated Stonehenge scale model that has now left Exeter heading towards the Lee Valley Park on the 12th August.

Why is it sacrilege? Is it because it is so easy to play with a reproduction? The place is not fixed either.

At Spacex there is a show about fear of landscape. No signs of fear in Belmont Park and there is no restriction on photography because of image rights concerns etc. I think look of the structure is well suited to digital photos etc. It must be some sort of photo process to start with.

I am trying to find out more about ExitReality3D in California. They recently bought Twinity but there is no news on what happens next. There was a scale model of city streets but this closed because of the cost of map data. Do the Ordnance Survey claim rights on the layout of Stonehenge? As of yesterday in Exeter the bouncy version of Stonehenge appeared to be real. But a virtual world of some kind could follow if there are enough photographs.

"Twitter art" could be better thought of if there were some better examples. Tag seems to be #sacrilege2012 ( #sacrilegetour not much used )

Notes on Teaching as a Design Science #Laurillard ‏@timbuckteeth

I have mentioned this book a few times since looking at Kolb and #mtw3 . I am still reading through the chapters on details of the model so this blog will just have some notes till it has all sunk in.

Searching finds several interesting bits.

Found on Twitter through UX research. This diagram is a good indication of the book, adapted for instruction.

What strikes me is that "design science" is an approach that can be related to by people working in quality and other forms of applied learning. As memory serves earlier writing on technology enhanced learning seemed to be working on academic theory from which design would follow. There could still be some better theory to come, but the science is in the method to loop through practice.

Page 54 is about constructionism including experience - Dewey, Kolb : practice -Senge : doing - Schon : constructing - Papert : situated - combinations

So plenty to relate to Eastern Experiential Learning, see previous post. Someone else will have to go into detail here.....

‏@timbuckteeth claims that Kolb as used in design needs changing for a social media environment. The Conversational Framework is even more detail. Not sure how this works out.

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Laurillard seems to be writing for a fairly stable situation but there are some interesting remarks-

page 223 technology has been developed to replace physical libraries, meeting rooms, paper communications.....but not used to replace teachers in any way   ......as a result of collusion between the various interested parties    ( I have changed the order here)

page 83  there are wide-ranging systemic issues.......methods of assessment and quality assurance processes, which the focus of this book does not touch.

Search on Topsy find this

from a Massive Open Online Course at Georgia Tech. There are other examples of massively scalable stuff. Certificates and exams etc can cost a little extra but a lot of content is free.

Disruption is possible, as well as design reviews.

Teaching as a Design Science: Building Pedagogical Patterns for Learning and Technology [Paperback]

Diana Laurillard  

Stonehenge in Exeter, social media case study #sacrilege2012

More stuff is turning up. I left Clive Chilvers at Belmont Park around half past one as I heard that the Mayor had cancelled because of the rain and also I was very wet. Now today I find he has an exclusive photo of the Mayor (ITV left earlier still to do an edit in time for 6)

Also there is an interview with the Mayor towards the end of this report

By the way I don't see why there should be just one Stonehenge. If Exeter could afford one there need not be an auction at the end of the Olympic festivities. It may be cheap enough to produce several.

Meanwhile photos and video can be shared so it covers the UK and related spots. I think Brittany has some stones, not sure where else. 

#sacrilege2012 @sacrilege2012 Flickr set could help cut and paste to anywhere

I have started on an edit and upload of stills from #Sacrilege in Exeter.

There are some that could be used in a collage with somehwere else or include new people or avatars. Since I started this yesterday with a copy from Wales I have though a bit more about this project. The Stonehenge to bounce on is only sacrilege if the sacred is to be kept distant. We do know this is not the real one, safe in a basement somewhere with the rest of curated art.

But play could include online travel and meetings. The Flickr is all Creative Commons so please feel free to remix. Similar with YouTube. As the tour continues if you choose Creative Commons with YouTube the remix button should show up.

 

Comments on diagram link to Eastern Experiential Learning

I have copied and slightly edited the comments on a previous post as I think the paper on Eastern Experiential Learning is in a useful new direction. The link is-

Comment from John Burgoyne-

The diagramme above just seems to re-label Kolb and does not add any value.I would be intereted in hearing more on the Laurillard stuff
I have a paper: Trinh, M. P., and Kolb, D. (2012 forthcoming). "EASTERN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: EASTERN PRINCIPLES FOR LEARNING WHOLENESS." Journal of Career Planning and Adult Development(Special issue: Recovering Craft: Holistic Work and Empowerment. William Charland, Guest Editor). which links East and West. Arguably the roots or experiential learning are in Dewey, the American pragmatist philosophy and Confucious, who must have considerably predated him. Interesting. if you want the paper email me on j.burgoyne@lancaster.ac.uk Here is the abstract: 'Although Experiential Learning Theory originated in the work of Western scholars, many of their theoretical principles have a decidedly Eastern orientation. In this essay we draw out these Eastern principles of experiential learning and suggest an Eastern perspective on learning wholeness in one’s life and career based on an ontological approach to adult development that emphasizes existential ways of being in the here and now—centering, balance, harmony and flowing in the watercourse way.. Regards, John Burgoyne

My reply

John, this diagram is not just a re-label. It is in a different order or at least in different positions. So it is easier to compare with a Deming cycle shown as PDCA. I have had an email about this already which I will transfer to a blog post later.
Thank you for the link to the paper. I have found a previous version online.

Link again, (this is the main point, you should have a look)

The Journal of Career Planning and Adult Development will have an improved version in the special issue and much more besides.

I'm still reading Teaching as a Design Science. more on this later.

John again-

yes it is, generalisation = abstract conceptualisation, applying = active experimentation, experiencing = concrete experience and reflection = reflective observation.

it is even drawn the same way up as the Kolb cycle often is, not that that matters in relation to my point

agree is has much in common with the Demming cycle, where did he get it from?

there is a one nursed are trained in, and is common in the medical world: diagnose, plan, treat, evaluate

and the training cycle: training needs analysis, design, implement and evaluate

I am sure there are loads of others

how do you put diagrammes into this thing? I have a further point I want to make about the ontological cycle that fits with the Kolb one which is epistemologica.

My reply so far-

I don't think you can add a comment with a diagram. But if you send me an email with attachment I will copy it in as a new post.

Deming got it from Shewart but the original Shewart is a straight line, not a loop. Started as a way out of inspection. I don't know how the Japanese interpreted it but they call it the Deming cycle.

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So later we need to tidy this up a bit. And also I need to write something about Diana Laurillard's book - Teaching As A Design Science. 

Maybe I can add John as a blogger so images are directly available. We have a #mtw3 group on both LinkedIn and Facebook but stuff is hard to trace sometimes. There will continue to be some sort of record here.

Cut and paste ahead of tomorrow #Sacrilege2012 #BelmontParkExeter

This is a bit more explanation and has the full #Sacrilege2012 tag.

I am interested in how Creative Commons can be used with public art events. A couple of years ago the animation on the cathedral as part of Animated Exeter was clearly Creative Commons, including the soundtrack available on YouTube.

I guess that Sacrilege 2012 is ok to video. Depending on who is in the shot and what they think. I hope a lot of people in exeter will take a look and share photos etc. With collage there can be connections with other sites. In the old days we had to move towards Stonehenge in the summer for a specific date. Now not only will the focus objects move around the country. We can also mix digital media at any location. It seems that London comes into this as we get into August.

Thank you Jared Schiller for allowing me to copy your photo. I think most of what is on Twitter is intended as Creative Commons but it is good to check this sometimes.

I have put a couple of comments on to an opinion at the Guardian from Victor Keegan

I may be going off topic or it may be that Twitter Art fits in with some discussion. It may just be bad art, but there is certainly a lot of graphics to be found. As the site extends over the UK. the chances of art increase.