talk at "Context and Technology Enhanced Learning (ConTEL): Theory, methodology and design" workshop, EC-TEL 2011 http://www.ec-tel.eu/programme/workshops-ectel2011#contel

1. The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology Context is What We Take For GrantedAddressing Context in Design-Centric Teacher Training Yishay Mor, ConTel Workshop, EC-TEL 2011

2. The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology Context of this talk A view of education as designed learning. Ergo, educators as learning designers. Need to train educators in design practice and design discourse. Design as a conversation with context. Need to train educators to articulate context.

3. Sounds good, but… “Engaging students in design [..] proved to be a productive way for students to examine their own epistemological beliefs, negotiate them with peers and experts, and explore them in relation to theory.” (Fuhrmann,Kali & Hoadley, 2008) But – “there are as yet few signs that tertiary teachers are flocking to become more deeply engaged in design.” (Markauskaite & Goodyear, 2009) The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

4. Participatory Pattern Workshops The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology Engage practitioners in intense discussions about issues of technology & education. Discussions rooted in participants’ personal experiences, driven by the problems they have overcome, and aimed at collaborative articulation of their design knowledge.

5. Design Narratives Workshop The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology Engender collaborative reflection among practitioners by a structured process of sharing stories. “A design narrative describes the history and evolution of a design over time. [..] Narrative is only one way of making sense of design-based research. [..] To really convey what happened, though, requires a story” (Hoadley, 2002, p 454)

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12. Project Site Template The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

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14. Force Mapfrom ml4d workshop,Nairobi The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

15. Force Mapfrom Planet workshop,Singapore The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

16. Force Maps from gbl / mlearning courses The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

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19. Preliminary observations Students designs were ill-fitted to the context of their project. Ad-hoc, opportunistic tweaking in lieu of premeditated design. Implementation relies on first-hand, tacit familiarity with context – which remains undocumented. The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

20. What went wrong – the medium? P.P workshops: “Paper 2.0” Courses: collaborative drawing software The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

21. What went wrong – the pedagogy? Courses: “describe your context” P.P. workshops: “ENCA” The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

22. The “other” frame problem – a possible way out? Narratise Invoke the innate mechanism of selecting relevant detail Sketch Capture un-verbal features, relationships Metaphor and abstraction Explain to distant peers Challenge your assumptions The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

23. Coffee break game.. Think of an interesting learning / teaching situation you were involved in. Draw it. 1 minute Turn the drawing over, turn to the person next to you, and tell them about it. 1 minute Let them draw your story. 1 minute Compare. 1 minute The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology

24. Thank You!www.yishaymor.org/talks/contel2011Institute of Educational TechnologyThe Open UniversityWalton HallMilton KeynesMK7 6AA www.open.ac.uk/iet