Patterns for building patterns communities Yishay Mor, Pattern Language Network, London Knowledge Lab, UK

Learning Patterns was a Jointly Executed Integrating Research Project of the Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence, funded under the FP6 programme. For further details, please see http://lp.noe-kaleidoscope.org/

The Pattern Language Network (Planet) project is a collaboration between Leeds Metropolitan University, Coventry University, Glasgow Caledonian University, Kings College London and London Knowledge Lab. It is funded by JISC under the Users and Innovation Programme. For more information see http://patternlanguagenetwork.org

Thanks Kaleidoscope network of excellence JISC London Knowledge Lab Planet Team Janet Finlay, John Richard Gray, Isobel Falconer, Jim Hensman, Steven Warburton Learning Patterns Team Efi Alexopoulou, Staffan Björk, James Bligh, Mark Childs, Michele Cerulli, Vincent Jonker, Chronis Kynigos, Fionnuala O’ Donnell, Dave Pratt, Brendan Tangney, Monica Wijers Hundreds of workshop participants (some of them here today)‏

Think of a technology that you have encountered recently, which has changed your life in some way

Think of an Eureka! Moment, where you understood how you could use this technology, or understood something by using the technology (or both)‏

Draw it. (3 minutes)‏ You can use words, but only as part of the drawing.

Now look left & right, and find a pattern.

Problem: Bad Design

Context: Technology Enhanced Education

the critical resource is not the capacity to produce, but the knowledge to do it right. Problem: The Design Divide the gap between those who have the expertise to develop high-quality tools and resources and those who don’t (Mor & Winters, 2008*)‏

Solution...

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Problem: acceleration The world is changing. Fast. Faster. Teachers are learners. Students are researchers. We are all designers of our own and our peer's learning experiences. Son, this was my dad's mobile. I want you to have it.

Client Designer Developer (dumb) Users Traditional social configuration of design

Client Designer Developer Users Patterns → democratisation of design knowledge

The Distributed Development Network* Winters, Mor & Pratt, forthcoming http://telearn.noe-kaleidoscope.org/open-archive/browse?resource=1787

Patterns: Sharing of distributed design knowledge

Welcome to the 21st C Timelessness is dead. Expertise is spread. Design is bread. We hope you enjoy your journey

Learning patterns for the design and deployment of mathematical games lp.noe-kaleidoscope.org 1 year / 7 institutions / 6 countries / 16 team members / 6 workshops / >50 patterns Designing games for mathematical learning requires the assimilation and integration of deep knowledge from diverse domains of expertise - mathematics, games development, software engineering, learning and teaching. All are various facets of design knowledge. http://yish.blip.tv/file/1822412/

Case studies

Typologies

Patterns

Trails

Shortfalls Pattern shock by the time participants “get the idea”, workshop is over. Consequently, most participant contributions not usable. Closing the loop Need to validate patterns by use. Us as component “great stuff, but I couldn't do it without you”

patternlanguagenetwork.org

Learning Patterns → Pattern Language Network Several commited groups Extended process Tighter methodology

Participatory Methodology for Practical Design Patterns Problem Acceleration → need for effective protocols for sharing of design knowledge Context interdisciplinary communities of practitioners engaged in collaborative reflection on a common theme of their practice. blended setting: co-located meetings + on-line collaborative authoring system.

Solution: a series of three* collaborative reflection workshops Case Stories Workshop Engender collaborative reflection among practitioners by a structured process of sharing stories. Pattern Mining Workshop Eliciting patterns by reflecting on and comparing case stories. Future Scenarios Workshop Validating and enhancing patterns by applying them to novel problems.

Collaborative reflection workshop Problem Facilitate on-going design-level conversation between designers and practitioners involved in diverse aspects of the problem domain. Open, trusting and convivial. And at the same time Critical, focused and output-directed.

Solution Before the workshop Establish communication channels Collect contributions On the day Intensive guided group work: process contributions, produce, share. After the workshop Refine products through on-line channels

Workshop I: Sharing case stories

The problem with stories Narrative is a powerful epistemic tool (Bruner). Story-telling is intuitive and captivating. But, we want to avoid Gossip Divergence Therapy

S.T.A.R.R Situation Set the scene (I wasn't there)‏ Task What problem where you trying to solve? Actions What did you do? Results What happened? Reflections

Problem: telling a good story is not so easy Inexperienced story-tellers might - Take the context for granted Preach, apologise, market, or generalise Avoid inconvenient details Interactive feedback should help, but peers might - Be reluctant to criticize Attribute misunderstanding to their own faults Loose attention

Three hats

From stories to patterns Map the forces Map the concepts Table-top concept mapping Connect & refactor Related, super-patterns, sub-patterns Validate Theory & triangulation

http://yish.blip.tv/file/1839670/

http://yish.blip.tv/file/1839715/

Paper 2.0

Thank you The pattern language network project: http://patternlanguagenetworg.org Yishay Mor http://people.lkl.ac.ukyishay yishaym@gmail.com This presentation http://www.slideshare.net/yish/patterns-for-building-patterns-communities

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