The shape of learning

Playing with visualizing different ways of structuring classes/learning groups following a conversation with @josegocampo

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1/ The basic structure/notation is a group (red) that meets and collaborates over a period of time (blue) to create an artifact (yellow)

An artifact here is "a token of what you have learnt, but also a trail for those who follow in your footsteps" (see: ) Image
2/ Friendly Competition

Having different classes/learning groups, focused around the same topic but running concurrently as to create friendly competition

Exchange notes + feedback, but also motivation for your projects/work to slightly outdo those of other groups Image
3/ Symbiotic Learning Group

Say you have two classes, one is learning UX/interaction design, and the other is learning coding. They could be intertwined to collaborate on building an artifact together—with the coders actually implementing designs coming out of the UX group Image
4/ Hackathon

While it looks very different than a classroom setting, hackathons are actually incredible learning experiences.

It reframes making/learning as a competition under tight constraints which anyone can participate in. Image
5/ Nested Learning Groups

Imagine a longer research project with a core group of participants from which spawns shorter-term subgroups researching specific directions or tasks associated the larger overall research. Image

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