Key Issues
The emphasis on contexts is key: learning is viewed as a social process occurring across a continuum of contexts, and learning must be "fit for context". The generation of context is characterised as an action on tools where a user actively selects, appropriates and implements learning solutions to meet their own needs. The following key issues emerge from this concept:
- learners as creators not consumers
- learning is facilitated by "agile intermediaries"
- learning moves from regulated practice(s) towards participative collaboration and co-creation
- learner needs participatory control of the learning environment
- environment is physical, social and cognitive
- learning design is purposeful – the 'preferred' and 'best' learning context may not be identical
- co-configuration, co-creation and co-design of learning space allows learners to create their own context
- new and relevant learning contexts are generated by needs and questions arising in social interactions
- PAH continuum – pedagogy (cognitive mode), andragogy (metacognitive mode), heutagogy (epistemic mode)
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