LGC Group 12 Sept 2007 London Knowledge Lab LGC Launch

1. LKL – 12 September 2007 Disruption, Debate, Discussion Learner Generated Contexts The Learner Generated Context Group http://learnergeneratedcontexts.pbwiki.com/

3. Policy Perspective Fred Garnett Nigel Ecclesfield Becta

4. Learner Generated Contexts Our working definition of Learner Generated Contexts Learning is a social process occurring across a continuum of contexts Learning must be “ Fit for Context ” Learner Generated Contexts are: “ A Coincidence of Motivations leading to Agile Configurations” “ A Learner Generated Context can be defined as a context created by people interacting together with a common, self-defined learning goal. The key aspect of Learner Generated Contexts is that they are generated through the enterprise of those who would previously have been consumers in a context created for them”

7. Some Background Rose Luckin

12. I n order to progress this agenda we need to increase our understanding of how to scaffold learners to effectively generate their own learning contexts

13. Theory and Action John Cook [email_address] London Metropolitan University Drew Whitworth [email_address] University of Manchester

23. User Story (1) A: We were holding many things at the event, like our bags, we had a carrier bag with all the leaflets and everything in so our phone was already out and we were taking pictures so we didn't have to look into our bags to find paper or the module booklet, so it was convenient in that sense. (in file quote 4 )

26. Content and Contexts Tom Hamilton University of Sussex

27. What are the contexts in which content is generated and how can technologies support innovative approaches to this process for learners and teachers?

36. How can Developers explore new ways of understanding their user base? Jon Akass

37. Learner Generated Contexts Examples from our practice

38. Learner Generated Contexts

39. References Bakardjieva, M. (2005). Internet Society. The Internet in Everyday Life. London: Sage Publications. Bakhtin, M. (1986). Speech Genres and Other Late Essays. Trans. Vern W. McGee. In (Ed.) Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist (p. 60-102). Austin: University of Texas Press Slavic Series 8.