Share Paper: Wildfire activities, mycorrhizae communities, and structures : learning and teaching in formal contexts

  1. Rob Parsons, Open University (UK), United Kingdom
Wednesday, October 28 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Junior Ballroom A

Abstract: I apply Engeström's conception of wildfire activities and mycorrhizae communities to teaching on an Open University course in web design. Engeström outlines six features of wildfire activities. I exemplify these in action in the course from the text record and discuss some of the implications for the way we work. I identify areas where these ideas bring formal and informal learning closer together, where the concept of the Zone of Proximal Development can be remodelled, where we see how learners construct their learning in the context of collaboration with contemporaries and predecessors, and where we must therefore recognise that learners ...