Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA
Fred Garnett FRSA
#LearnTeach21
Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA & Fred Garnett FRSA
Our challenge
Can we build new learning infrastructures
that are future-facing & learner-centric
To transform our 1000-year-old institution-
centric, education systems?
We think we can! So we have written Digital
Learning Architectures of Participation
Published July 2020
Digital Learning:
Architectures of Participation
Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA & Fred Garnett FRSA
IGI Global book – published 24th July 2020
https://www.igi-global.com/book/digital-learning-architectures-
participation/244422
Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA & Fred Garnett FRSA
Our experience
Have each spent 25 years on digital projects
We believe we now have the potential to
transform education with digital toolkits
We have experience across all education
sectors from practice to research
We’ve been rethinking; teaching, learning,
management, structures and processes
Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA & Fred Garnett FRSA
Questions & Answers
William Gibson said “the future is already
here, it’s just not evenly distributed”
We think that “the answers are already
here, we are just asking the wrong
questions”
So here are 8 key questions we are asking
about the digital future of learning…
#DLAoP; A Toolkit for the Future
• 8 Questions that we answer in the book
1. Can we make learning open?
2. Can we model learning?
3. Can we design for learning?
4. Can we use personal technologies
5. Can we design social structures for learning?
6. Can we build digital institutions?
7. What does digital transformation look like?
8. Can we build a learning infrastructure?
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
1. Open Context Model of
Learning
Can we make learning open?
1. Open Context Model of Learning
Technology is the essence of education
Lets design a post web2.0 model of learning
So we can Co-create teaching and learning…
In ALL Contexts!
Integrating Pedagogy Andragogy Heutagogy
Using the PAH Continuum…
DLAoP; Book Chapter 1 = Open Context Model of Learning
P A H
Teacher
School
Teacher/
Learner
Learner
Research
Cognition Epistemic
Cognition
Meta-
Cognition
Adult
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
2. Learning-modelling
Can we model learning?
2. Learner-Modelling
Well, how do we learn?
Let’s reconceptualise learning;
a) Learner-centric (interest-driven)
b) Context-responsive (lifecycles model)
c) Large-scale system (learners as users)
Using a model of informal e-learning…
DLAoP; Book Chapter 2 - Learner Modelling
JISC RSC Northwest
Learner Modelling (see handout)
“Goal-seeking” motivated learners
Animateurs as “Trusted Intermediaries” provide
“timely interventions”
Animateur build learning communities & mentors
Learners respond to social needs
Animateurs suggests resources (from links page)
Teachers as
“trusted
intermediaries”
2002 A Model of
“interest-driven learning”
A Model of “informal e-learning”
First “learner-modelling” diagram
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
3. Emergent Learning Model
Can we design for learning?
3. Emergent Learning Model (ELM)
Can we integrate informal, non-formal and
formal learning?
YES! BUT! Not from Universities down
Because learning is an emergent process…
So we must design from learning outwards
With a learning design toolkit, such as;
Our ELM development framework for building
learning infrastructures
DLAoP; Book Chapter 3 – Emergent Learning Model
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Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
4. The Digital Practitioner
Can we use our own technology?
4. Digital Practitioners...
Explore;
• With Confidence
• Think Divergently
Trust in;
• A Tapestry of Technology
• Student Play
• Bring Your Own Device
Use; Personal curiosity to Discover resources
& Collaborate using their personal technology
DLAoP; Book Chapter 7 – The Digital Practitioner
Transformation comes from;
Designing “Artfully-crafted,
student-centric learning experiences”
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
5. an Architecture of
Participation
Can we design social structures for learning?
5. Organisational Architectures of Participation
• Institutions built for learners not managers
• Web 2.0 Architecture of Participation
• Intentional Communities of Practice &
Technology Stewards produce
• adaptive institutions working across
collaborative networks (like EMFFE)
DLAoP; Book Chapter 4 – organisational Architecture of Participation
 Ecology of Resources 
Adaptive
Institution
Learning…
…Environment
Collaborative
Networks
Participative
Learning
Infrastructure
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
6. e-maturity Model for
Education
Can we build digital institutions?
6. e-Maturity Model for Further Education
e-Maturity means networked institutions
Let’s reconceptualise institutions;
Emergent Folksonomy elements producing a
dynamic networked Taxonomy or
“Adaptive institutions working across
collaborative networks”
DLAoP; Book Chapter 5 – The EMFFE e-maturity Education Model
e-Maturity Model for Further Education
Outline development framework full details in our book
DLAoP; Book Chapter 5 – The EMFFE e-maturity Education Model
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
7. Digital Transformation
Projects
What does Digital Transformation
look like?
7. Digital Transformation Projects… some
examples;
Thom Cochrane; mobile learning
Vijaya Khote Banu; heutagogy app 4 primary
CROS; social media learning model
Ambient Learning City Manchester;
“Aggregate then Curate”
DLAoP; Book Chapter 8 – Digital Transformation Projects
Thom Cochrane;
bridging learning contexts
with mlearning
Same thing happened with me and my kids, a
decade ago. When Heutagogy entered the classroom, it
brought with it, liberty, decision making, creativity,
problem solving, positivity etc., It expelled stress, strain,
compulsion etc., out of the classroom.
Vijaya Bhanu Kote;
primary school heutagogy
app
CROS Universitatea Alternativă
New social models of learning
Ambient Learning City; New Learning Models
Aggregate then Curate; Social Media Participation Model
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
8. Before and After Institutions
Can We Build Learning Infrastructures?
8. Before and After Institutions
We need to move from a Business model of
Management Information Systems (MIS)
Reconceptualising learning structure; 3 E’s
1. Learners who are Exploring
2. Teachers who are Evaluating
3. Managers who are Enabling
DLAoP; Book Chapter 9 – Building Learning Infrastructures
The 3 E’s - Levels of Learning Infrastructure
Level Responsibility Aim
Strategic
Planning
Senior
Managers
Technical
Infrastructure
Enabling
Platform
Learning
Management
Course Team Evaluating
Learning
Resources
Learning
Ecology
Learner
Behaviours
Students Union New
Technologies
Exploring
Ecologies of
Resources
An Institutional Development Framework
based on 3 levels of “Technology Stewards”
!These are our answers! How do you think
We can build !earning !nfrastructures?
Full details and toolkits !n the book…
Digital Learning:
Architectures of Participation
Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA & Fred Garnett FRSA
IGI Global book – published 24th July 2020
https://www.igi-global.com/book/digital-learning-architectures-
participation/244422
#DLAoP Book – Table of Contents
1. Open Context Model of Learning
2. Learner Modelling
3. Emergent Learning Model
4. organisational Architectures of Participation
5. The EMFFE-Maturity Model for Education
6. Before and After Institutions
7. The Digital Practitioner
8. Some Digital Transformation Projects
9. Building Learning Infrastructures
10. Learning in the Age of Algorithms
Resources
LearnTeach21 (Our Blog for the book)
Architecture of Participation blog (Nigel)
Fred’s Heutagogy Blog
I Am Curious #Digital (Practitioner)
The Craft of Teaching
Before and After MOOCs
Before and After Institutions
Learning in the Age of Algorithms
All Presentations on Slideshare
@fredgarnett #LearnTeach21
Collaborations & Inspirations
Jon Akass, Ilene Dawn Alexander, John Anderson, Diana
Andone, Vlad Atanasiu, Simon Beard, Margaret Bennett,
Amanda Black, Valerie Borne, Tom Boyle, Dominic Claire,
Wilma Clark, John Cook, Peter Day, Gill Deadman, Kevin
Donovan, Philip Ecclesfield, Pat Fairley, Tony Hall, Karen
Halliday, Tom Hamilton, Graham Hansell, Ian Harford,
Caroline Haythornthwaite, David Jennings, Terri Kinnison,
Sarah Knight, Vijaya Bhanu Kote, Diana Laurillard, Ellen
Lessner, Rose Luckin, Bridget McKenzie, Joe Montgomery,
Horea Murgu, Mark Naryn, Rick Nelson, Chrissi Nerantzi,
Richard Noss, Alan November, Ronan O’Beirne, Rod Paley,
Geoff Rebbeck, Judy Robertson, Rose Sellman-Leava,
Violeta Serbu, Tristram Shepherd, Ruth Silver, Carl Smith,
Chris Swaine, Diana Thembekile-Levine, Etienne Wenger
Tony Wheeler, Drew Whitworth, Philippa Young & More…
Digital Learning:
Architectures of
Participation
Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA
Fred Garnett FRSA –
2020/2021
LearnTeach 21 blog
#LearnTeach21
Main Image –courtesy of Getty
Images and IGI Global – THANKS!

Digital Learning

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    Digital Learning: Architectures of Participation NigelEcclesfield FRSA Fred Garnett FRSA #LearnTeach21
  • 2.
    Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA& Fred Garnett FRSA Our challenge Can we build new learning infrastructures that are future-facing & learner-centric To transform our 1000-year-old institution- centric, education systems? We think we can! So we have written Digital Learning Architectures of Participation Published July 2020
  • 3.
    Digital Learning: Architectures ofParticipation Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA & Fred Garnett FRSA IGI Global book – published 24th July 2020 https://www.igi-global.com/book/digital-learning-architectures- participation/244422
  • 4.
    Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA& Fred Garnett FRSA Our experience Have each spent 25 years on digital projects We believe we now have the potential to transform education with digital toolkits We have experience across all education sectors from practice to research We’ve been rethinking; teaching, learning, management, structures and processes
  • 5.
    Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA& Fred Garnett FRSA Questions & Answers William Gibson said “the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed” We think that “the answers are already here, we are just asking the wrong questions” So here are 8 key questions we are asking about the digital future of learning…
  • 6.
    #DLAoP; A Toolkitfor the Future • 8 Questions that we answer in the book 1. Can we make learning open? 2. Can we model learning? 3. Can we design for learning? 4. Can we use personal technologies 5. Can we design social structures for learning? 6. Can we build digital institutions? 7. What does digital transformation look like? 8. Can we build a learning infrastructure?
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    Can we makelearning open? 1. Open Context Model of Learning Technology is the essence of education Lets design a post web2.0 model of learning So we can Co-create teaching and learning… In ALL Contexts! Integrating Pedagogy Andragogy Heutagogy Using the PAH Continuum… DLAoP; Book Chapter 1 = Open Context Model of Learning
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    Can we modellearning? 2. Learner-Modelling Well, how do we learn? Let’s reconceptualise learning; a) Learner-centric (interest-driven) b) Context-responsive (lifecycles model) c) Large-scale system (learners as users) Using a model of informal e-learning… DLAoP; Book Chapter 2 - Learner Modelling
  • 12.
    JISC RSC Northwest LearnerModelling (see handout) “Goal-seeking” motivated learners Animateurs as “Trusted Intermediaries” provide “timely interventions” Animateur build learning communities & mentors Learners respond to social needs Animateurs suggests resources (from links page) Teachers as “trusted intermediaries” 2002 A Model of “interest-driven learning” A Model of “informal e-learning” First “learner-modelling” diagram
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    Can we designfor learning? 3. Emergent Learning Model (ELM) Can we integrate informal, non-formal and formal learning? YES! BUT! Not from Universities down Because learning is an emergent process… So we must design from learning outwards With a learning design toolkit, such as; Our ELM development framework for building learning infrastructures DLAoP; Book Chapter 3 – Emergent Learning Model
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    Can we useour own technology? 4. Digital Practitioners... Explore; • With Confidence • Think Divergently Trust in; • A Tapestry of Technology • Student Play • Bring Your Own Device Use; Personal curiosity to Discover resources & Collaborate using their personal technology DLAoP; Book Chapter 7 – The Digital Practitioner
  • 18.
    Transformation comes from; Designing“Artfully-crafted, student-centric learning experiences”
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    Can we designsocial structures for learning? 5. Organisational Architectures of Participation • Institutions built for learners not managers • Web 2.0 Architecture of Participation • Intentional Communities of Practice & Technology Stewards produce • adaptive institutions working across collaborative networks (like EMFFE) DLAoP; Book Chapter 4 – organisational Architecture of Participation
  • 21.
     Ecology ofResources  Adaptive Institution Learning… …Environment Collaborative Networks Participative Learning Infrastructure
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    Can we builddigital institutions? 6. e-Maturity Model for Further Education e-Maturity means networked institutions Let’s reconceptualise institutions; Emergent Folksonomy elements producing a dynamic networked Taxonomy or “Adaptive institutions working across collaborative networks” DLAoP; Book Chapter 5 – The EMFFE e-maturity Education Model
  • 24.
    e-Maturity Model forFurther Education Outline development framework full details in our book DLAoP; Book Chapter 5 – The EMFFE e-maturity Education Model
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    What does DigitalTransformation look like? 7. Digital Transformation Projects… some examples; Thom Cochrane; mobile learning Vijaya Khote Banu; heutagogy app 4 primary CROS; social media learning model Ambient Learning City Manchester; “Aggregate then Curate” DLAoP; Book Chapter 8 – Digital Transformation Projects
  • 27.
    Thom Cochrane; bridging learningcontexts with mlearning
  • 28.
    Same thing happenedwith me and my kids, a decade ago. When Heutagogy entered the classroom, it brought with it, liberty, decision making, creativity, problem solving, positivity etc., It expelled stress, strain, compulsion etc., out of the classroom. Vijaya Bhanu Kote; primary school heutagogy app
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    CROS Universitatea Alternativă Newsocial models of learning
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    Ambient Learning City;New Learning Models Aggregate then Curate; Social Media Participation Model
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    Can We BuildLearning Infrastructures? 8. Before and After Institutions We need to move from a Business model of Management Information Systems (MIS) Reconceptualising learning structure; 3 E’s 1. Learners who are Exploring 2. Teachers who are Evaluating 3. Managers who are Enabling DLAoP; Book Chapter 9 – Building Learning Infrastructures
  • 33.
    The 3 E’s- Levels of Learning Infrastructure Level Responsibility Aim Strategic Planning Senior Managers Technical Infrastructure Enabling Platform Learning Management Course Team Evaluating Learning Resources Learning Ecology Learner Behaviours Students Union New Technologies Exploring Ecologies of Resources An Institutional Development Framework based on 3 levels of “Technology Stewards”
  • 34.
    !These are ouranswers! How do you think We can build !earning !nfrastructures? Full details and toolkits !n the book…
  • 35.
    Digital Learning: Architectures ofParticipation Nigel Ecclesfield FRSA & Fred Garnett FRSA IGI Global book – published 24th July 2020 https://www.igi-global.com/book/digital-learning-architectures- participation/244422
  • 36.
    #DLAoP Book –Table of Contents 1. Open Context Model of Learning 2. Learner Modelling 3. Emergent Learning Model 4. organisational Architectures of Participation 5. The EMFFE-Maturity Model for Education 6. Before and After Institutions 7. The Digital Practitioner 8. Some Digital Transformation Projects 9. Building Learning Infrastructures 10. Learning in the Age of Algorithms
  • 37.
    Resources LearnTeach21 (Our Blogfor the book) Architecture of Participation blog (Nigel) Fred’s Heutagogy Blog I Am Curious #Digital (Practitioner) The Craft of Teaching Before and After MOOCs Before and After Institutions Learning in the Age of Algorithms All Presentations on Slideshare @fredgarnett #LearnTeach21
  • 38.
    Collaborations & Inspirations JonAkass, Ilene Dawn Alexander, John Anderson, Diana Andone, Vlad Atanasiu, Simon Beard, Margaret Bennett, Amanda Black, Valerie Borne, Tom Boyle, Dominic Claire, Wilma Clark, John Cook, Peter Day, Gill Deadman, Kevin Donovan, Philip Ecclesfield, Pat Fairley, Tony Hall, Karen Halliday, Tom Hamilton, Graham Hansell, Ian Harford, Caroline Haythornthwaite, David Jennings, Terri Kinnison, Sarah Knight, Vijaya Bhanu Kote, Diana Laurillard, Ellen Lessner, Rose Luckin, Bridget McKenzie, Joe Montgomery, Horea Murgu, Mark Naryn, Rick Nelson, Chrissi Nerantzi, Richard Noss, Alan November, Ronan O’Beirne, Rod Paley, Geoff Rebbeck, Judy Robertson, Rose Sellman-Leava, Violeta Serbu, Tristram Shepherd, Ruth Silver, Carl Smith, Chris Swaine, Diana Thembekile-Levine, Etienne Wenger Tony Wheeler, Drew Whitworth, Philippa Young & More…
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    Digital Learning: Architectures of Participation NigelEcclesfield FRSA Fred Garnett FRSA – 2020/2021 LearnTeach 21 blog #LearnTeach21 Main Image –courtesy of Getty Images and IGI Global – THANKS!