Monthly Archives: September 2012

Strength in numbers: the power of a learning community

Posted on September 28, 2012 by julianstodd

This focus of this week has been learning culture: how it’s created, who owns and influences it and what the balance is of informal and formal learning within it. The ‘Amsterdam Diary’ series of four articles let me explore this … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam Diary – Day 4: Forbidden learning – what they never wanted you to know

Posted on September 27, 2012 by julianstodd

All week i’ve been exploring learning culture from Amsterdam. We started by looking into how the culture is created and went on to run a global popup learning session asking questions about the role of leadership and the individual, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Barriers to Learning, Challenge, Control, Disturbance, Forbidden, Graffiti | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Amsterdam Diary – Day 3: Our community popup learning story

Posted on September 26, 2012 by julianstodd

Yesterday i ran my first ever community popup learning session from Amsterdam, exploring ‘learning culture’, based around these two questions: Question 1: Is learning culture created by the organisation or the learners? Question 2: Do you do most of your … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Blog, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Culture, Formal Spaces, Global, Informal Spaces, Learning, Legacy, Mentoring, Narrative, Popup Learning, Reflection, Stories, Storytelling | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Amsterdam Diary – Day 2: spontaneous learning cultures – popup learning

Posted on September 25, 2012 by julianstodd

I’ve taken this week out to think, research and write about learning culture: how is it formed, what are the challenges in global learning spaces and who owns it? Yesterday we looked at how the culture is created, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Culture, Knowledge, Learning, Narrative, Popup Learning, Social Learning, Social Networking, Stories, Storytelling | Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments

Amsterdam Diary – Day 1: who creates the learning culture?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by julianstodd

I’ve taken this week out to think, research and write about learning culture: how is it formed, what are the challenges in global learning spaces and who owns it? First, we will think about who creates the culture. I’m unsure … Continue reading →

Posted in Authority, Coffee, Community, Community of Practice, Culture, Formal Spaces, Informal Spaces, Learning, Learning Contract, Networking, Social Learning, Social Media | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

Time out: dedicating time to learn

Posted on September 20, 2012 by julianstodd

Hot on the heels of this weeks posts around popup learning, informal, ad hoc learning communities, today i am at a very formal event. It’s the annual professional development event for Bath Consultancy Group, one of the organisations i’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Formal Spaces, Introspection, Learning, Learning Journey, Reflection | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Words about Learning: vinyl

Posted on September 19, 2012 by julianstodd

There’s a faint hiss from the speakers the moment i turn them on. As the stylus meets the vinyl, there is a distinct click, then a hiss with regular ‘tick‘… ‘tick‘ sounds from a scratch. When the music comes in, … Continue reading →

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The power of the learning community: sharing ideas

Posted on September 18, 2012 by julianstodd

Yesterday i wrote about popup learning, the way that small communities spring up, founding themselves on whatever technology is available at the time. These communities may be unplanned, spontaneous, focused around a particular subject or need, and may be transient. … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Blogging, Community, Community of Practice, Conversation, Engagement, Formal Spaces, Global, Informal Spaces, Learning Technology, Popup Learning, Social Capital, Social Learning | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Popup learning: emergent communities and dynamic engagement

Posted on September 17, 2012 by julianstodd

It’s not just books that popup these days: in empty shop units across the country we see art galleries, cafes and even theatres popping up, bringing life to empty units and then moving on as their season ends. Popup culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Communication, Community, Engagement, Environment, Formal Learning Spaces, Formal Spaces, Informal Learning Spaces, Informal Spaces, Learning Technology, Ownership, Social Learning, Spaces | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments