Scientific Method , Deming cycle, recycling Kolb collage

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My cut and paste on a Kolb diagram has been getting some response, even if it fails to add anything. In an email exchange with Alan Clark he has shown me some links with scientific method and the Deming Cycle. I have copied and pasted and editied a little.

I see what you mean about aligning Kolb to PDSA. PDSA, the Shewhart/Deming Cycle, aligns more closely with Scientific Method, which I believe is intentional and important. In a paper I wrote for a module I took at the University of Birmingham, I looked many learning cycles, including I think Kolb/Honey & Mumford. I looked back at the Socrates (I think) and saw some roots for Scientific Method.
 
I got the diagram on Scientific Method from the Internet - :
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_scientific_method.shtml
You can almost line up PDSA with this as follows:
 
Formulate a question (Study)
Hypothesise (Act)
Prediction (Plan)
Test (Do)
Analysis (Study)

I think this could relate to Scientific Leadership and Leadership Science, as discussed at #mtw3  - the online conference.

Meanwhile my colleague Linda Shelton has a link to a recent paper on Eastern Experiential Learning.
 

Cross Media Live, learning quality and communication - #mtw3 #mosocoop

The show and conference in September is significant as it is based in the print industry. The organisers also work on IPEX, definitely part of global print. There will be time before September to study all the claims from drupa and the innovation parc.

The changes  in communication will influence education and quality assurance just as they can contribute to the changes in organisations working with communication.

#mtw3 is concerned with the media used to report a conference. Universities and other educational sites consider learning design and also face external changes.

#mosocoop is currently based on a website but is exploring ways to publish books or book equivalents. 

more on links recycling Kolb http://post.ly/7utCR #mtw3 #cqimoso #mosocoop

Previous post had a diagram and some tags I forgot to explain.

#mtw3 is an online phase of a third conference on Management Theory at Work. The first two were around a decade ago in Lancaster.

#cqimoso and #mosocoop are both about the MoSO, a model of sustainable development based on ideas from Edwards Deming. There is a take based on the Deming Special Interest Group of the Chartered Quality Institute and another based on a small co-operative group that is easier to explain in social media.

Next post about the Cross Media event in September. Both #mtw3 and #mosocoop do relate to actuaql face to face events but are often in background. The Cross Media Live event will happen on definite days. 

Recycling Kolb continued, new diagram could link to PDSA #Deming #mosocoop #cqimoso

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This diagram is cut and paste from one linked to in the blog post from Steve Wheeler. See previous blog and tweet. I looked at some of the links and found the original diagram

The diagram is Creative Commons as is mine so please feel free to do another version.

I have rearranged it in this format to relate more easily to Plan Do Check / Study Act as familiar in quality circles. I think there could be more connections.

Steve Wheeler thinks that social media have changed the context for learning. How will this relate to learning in organisations? There has been theory about learning organisations but this is mostly from around ten years ago.

I am also reading Teaching As A Design Science by Diana Laurillard. This has some very detailed loops in a Conversational Framework. It is assumed that there is some knowledge in a discipline that is stable. So a quality system in an organisation is different. I will aim to come back to the book later. But the cut and paste diagram is a start on interpreting the blog post.

Recycling Kolb and Deming, earlier tweet expanded ‏@timbuckteeth

Earlier I sort of commented on tweet re blog about recycling Kolb. This is a bit of explanation but still too short. At least it may link with some previous stuff.

I would like to see more connections between learning theory and quality theory. They seem like different areas most of the time.

Deming has written about a cycle of Plan -Do - Study - Act as a quality approach ( he credits Shewart as source ) and this has been developed in Japan. Now it is included in ISO management standards.

But there is not much evidence of management actually using it well. In the UK there is quite a lot of complaint as if this is not the sort of thing on which managers expect to be audited. 

Steve Wheeler's blog may explain why this is. If different phases are happening at the same time for some people, or at different times on a social network, it is not as neat a model as supposed. Certainly not following a procedure that can be easily minuted with objective evidence.

This sort of discussion continues with the MoSO model see

Also a conference found through #mtw3 that starts with learning.

More later, sorry have to cook at this time..

Cameras on Surface, need two four month plans for Rougemont Global Broadcasting

There is a bit nore info on the Microsoft tablet, but not much. I found a story - 

All about the Microsoft Surface's Camera

but it has no more detail than yesterday.

Except how it can be used. Closely linked into Skype with two cameras, one for video conferencing and one for a wider view that can be left with the device propped up as if it was on a tripod.

So this would work ok for the level of video I put on YouTube. Could even be better if higher res ok over wifi. But Surface is a long time away and Windows may not work first time out. Windows Three was very good and I still use XP but every time there is a major improvement there may be a delay until a version is ready to forget about and just assume it is working ok in the background.

So the previous three month plan is now amended to two four month plans, one fairly vague until detail on Surface and Windows is known around the time of September. Another till BETT, the UK tech show for schools when the news about what young people bought over Xmas is digested as if adults know enough to plan something.

Obviously other mobile devices are available. But Microsoft remains a significant influence. The idea of Surface is a useful comparison for other kit. Just as Skype can be compared with phones.  

Wild Show tomorrow, I need training Phonic FM 10-12

Chris Norton has now suggested I do the first half hour of the Wild Show. I started as a guest on the New Exeter Radio Show and the time slot is the same.

In this blog I have mentioned radio as a possible focus for change programs or whatever is claimed as learning or quality. You may hear occasional remarks about the equipment in the studio. For example if the CD jumps so much we have to take it off then it has to be explained as an equipment failure. But last week I did blame the CD player when actually there was a button I should have pressed to enable the fader. Usually JD arrives within the first quarter of an hour and Chris probably in time for 10.30 so if I get confused the silence should not last too long.

We have a new cable that can plug into any device. So I will take in my trusty XT laptop. The management are an inspiration. How a community radio station is organised may be a bit of a mystery but there is clearly change. If it works I may have to think about some new kit. Chris has tried out his iPhone but we are not sure what happens if somebody phones him when the cable is live.

Anyway, I will try to concentrate on what JD is telling me. I do get confused and forget the track titles and so forth. There could be improvements in the equipment and structure at Phonic FM. But I will start with the idea that more training may resolve most of the issues.

The content will mostly be a mix of folk and soul. New CD from Bobby Womack and YouTube live promo for Soul Sessions 2 from Joss Stone. Current mystery is why Bobby Womack seems not to be in Europe. Is he ill? Seems ok signing records in LA. But will he perform in Paris or Dublin? Seems to have missed Victoria Park. 

Previously

So hope he is well.  

Microsoft Surface is a major move, movies priority in a book format

I have watched the full presentation on YouTube and this looks really interesting. Microsoft still thinks there is a role for desktop PCs but this is a massive endorsement for tablets however it turns out.

I notice that Netflix is one of the apps that is shown. Video is a strong element in this. There is an HDMI output as well as 1080 resolution. The screen on the latest iPad was thought to be too high a spec but this seems to be what they now expect in all future tablets. There is mention that the device feels like a book and text is still part of what is on offer. The keyboard is attractive, I still don't feel ok about an image on the screen.

Apparently Skype will be well set up and the cameras look ok. No detailed spec as yet. But this could be a device to compare with the Kodak Zi8 for video to YouTube. If not at once then after an edit. 

The dates are still vague but probably by Christmas something will be clear. For the UK BETT will be a good time to have a look at this and alternatives.

Guardian could go weekly before spilling beans on Talk

This is just a guess but I sometimes update my take on the Guardian.

I went to the dentist today and found a copy of the Daily Telegraph. There was a report on the Guardian finances.

Losses continue but there is no plan to go tabloid, but apparently every other possibility has been discussed. This may include going weekly as considered by Jeff Jarvis.

The Telegraph story includes a quote from Adam Freeman,  who apparently said the company was "on a mission" to stand alone as a digital-only publication and that it was moving towards an "open vision for journalism" where laypeople, who may not have any formal expertise, would be key to the media group's future.

So this looks like citizen journalism again. Maybe they will have another look at OhmyNews. But i think some honesty about Guardian Unlimited Talk would have to happen first. In case tou have just started on this blog, Talk was a board that lasted for years until being shut down without much publicity, probably the most successful cover up of recent times.

I think the move to a weekly is more likely to happen first.

Rougemont Global Broadcasting plans for three months and five years #RGBplan #EX1to4

This is a note as of this morning, there may be revisions in time for Monday.

Despite the rain the summer drift phase seems to have started. the next tech event is Cross Media Live in September. There are signs that the print world is ready for a detailed look at what is going on. Cambridge University Press is getting out of litho. Frank Romano is working on the production values for whattheythink  video.

So something may have been clear at drupa. But here in the UK not much will happen till after London returns to normal after the Olympics. Her in Devon the Sidmouth Folk Week will be another occasion for social media. The music stays mostly acoustic but the video has been cutting edge for a while now, at least social acceptance of a creative commons style. The audience has to do some searching and editing to find all the camera angles. The limitation is that local news channels can only put on YouTube what they actually broadcast. So if an ITV crew spend an afternoon in the Anchor Garden there will still be only three minutes that makes it to the public. Surely there could be legislation about this sort of thing.

I will be looking out for phone cameras in actual use. Please make a note when loading to YouTube. I am still happy with the Kodak Zi8 and uploading from a card within a few days or so.

The 5 year plan assumes there is broadband in the UK and phone cameras similar to the current iPad ( by the way I find HD at 720 is ok for YouTube, 1080 just takes longer to upload) . Then with search tags for localities ( for example #EX1to4 ) there can be any quantity of local news. This could also be virtual worlds. I don't know what is happening with ExitReality3D and Twinity or whether the street maps will come back. Continuity announcing in a 3D world is likely to be cheaper than a real studio.

Around the time of Cross Media Live there may be a face to face version of #mtw3 and also a Futures Conference at the London College of Communication. From an online point of view it won't matter much if the dates are months apart. Issues include how academic publishing includes video. Journals seem to have moved to digital without much disruption of anything else.

The three month plan is to visit Sidmouth and consider the credibility of the five year plan.