enrol yourself open night

Thank you for coming!

@Zahra Davidson | @EnrolYourself enrolyourself.com

Open night

What they’re missing

Their current exploration

Their motivationsWhy are they interested in lifelong learning? What are the causesthat matter most to them? What are they exploring in their work?What do they want to discover, create or build?

Their burning questionHow would they complete the phrase “How might I ...”

How are they already exploring the question?

What do they need to further their exploration?

Prioritise a learning question

Set out on a learning marathon. Design your route. Crowd-source the support you need.

A learning marathon is a way to harness the potential of peer groups, infinite content and a networked world for personalised, flexible, affordable lifelong learning.


Set out on a learning marathon

The call for unprecedented creativity in response to challenges is coming from every direction. Enrol Yourself is for those who want to respond, through continual creative development.


Participant personas


Setting up yourown venture

Craving creative development

Learning on and for the job

If you can challenge your physical endurance in the name of a good cause, then why not your creative capacities?


Form a peer group

Set learning goals

Appoint tutor & mentor

Short challenges

Longer projects

Set up experiences e.g. collaborate w. organisations

Peer-to-peer assessment

Reach goals and learning outcomes!

Get endorsement

Get sponsoredto reach goals

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Marathon as analogy



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Months

Meet-ups

Approx hrs per wk

Sponsorship target

Participation fee

12 6

Learning marathon Half marathon

Full or half marathon?

Learning marathon: route breakdown Applications Design Experience Iterate Graduate

+ Route (7hrs per wk)

26 Bi-weekly touchpoints10 Commitments

Peer group

+ Learning experiences

+ Job/occupation

ShotgunWeekend

Power upWeekend Halfway

Weekend

Last legWeekend

Finish Line!

Sept 17/18th 2016

Dec 10/11th 2016March 18/19th 2017

June 17/18 2017

Sept 16/17th 2017

• Set learning goals and get sponsored to reach them• Design your route and set up learning experiences• Crowd-source support, appoint mentors and tutors • Stick to the structure of bi-weekly touchpoints• Design & run2 x learning sessions for the group

• Contribute to the running of the group• Document & share your experiences• Peer-to-peer assessment & reflection• Produce graduation event together

Learning Q: “How can movement and performance be used to explore, express and overcome limiting thinking habits?”

Roxana’s learning marathon

Learning experiences

Part-time Graphic Designer

+ Route

Set a coreo brief and respon to this through forming a group and working with a mental health org

+ Route (7hrs per wk)

26 Bi-weekly touchpoints10 Commitments

Set a 3-month writing challenge and publish this on a blog

Volunteer with a dance therapy studio

Roxana

Set a 30-day dance video challenge and upload to Vimeo

Sept - Oct 16 Oct - March 17 March- June 17 June - Sept 17

• Set up learning marathon• Sign-up for regular writing class • Sign-up for regular dance class• Set up chats with people in dance, writing and performance• Start writing project proposal for application• Make list of potential collaborators in mental health sector

• Start creating own work and coreographies and share• Set a writing brief and share this online• Attend dance rehearsals of dance companies• Apply for funding• Create website to showcase project • Set up a collaboration with a mental health organisation

• Produce a self-made coreography and present this to the public• Self-publish my writing• Register to perform my writing pieces at different events across London

KJ Ho Dance project with Vanessa Smith, dancer and teacher

Create work as part of a community of dancers set up by Adrian, dance teacher

• Update website with all videos of work created• Update blog with all writing pieces• Get recommendations from collaborators and teachers

Continue to create my own writing pieces and perform these at events in London


Kick off weekend

Intensive weekend meet-ups Usual run time Saturday & Sunday• Learning design & orientation Outlining learning goals & experiences, checking progress against them• Creative sessions & challenges Sprint-style challenges, skill swaps, invite in externals etc.• Mapping Network mapping, skills mapping, goal mapping• Going to the pub


Evening meet up

Bi-weekly meet-ups Usual run time 6-9.30pm

• Housekeeping 45mins: Check-ins, admin, notices etc.• Buddy group sessions 60mins: Crit sessions, action learning sets, peer-to-peer assesment & feedback• Creative session 60mins: One hour challenges, skill sharing etc.• Nominate session 30mins: Adapts to the needs of the group

What you get at the end

Creative fitness

Expanded network

Portfolio boost

Entrepreneurial skills

Peer endorsement...

and would it be a marathon without a medal?


Design your route


Backward design process

1.Outline learning goal / question / hypothesis

2.Identify or design learning experiences

3.Determine acceptable assessment

A = Tool to explore

B = Tool to narrow

C = Prioritise

Design

Core

Livingsystems

Learning & education

Sustainable innovation

Education innovation

Sustainability learning

‘The respectful interdependence of

people and living systems is coming

back to life’ John Thackara

Having gained five years experience working across

visual and service design, sustainability, system

innovation, and learning product development, I’ve

acquired a multidisciplinary skillset. I see Enrol

Yourself as both a practical structure for my own

development, and a prototype to question the role of

learning in current and future society. My curriculum

is all about exploring areas where my interests and

experiences intersect, building on my existing skillset

and growing a network of collaborators.

DesignLearning & education Living systems

Deepen experience of leading design

processes to delivery, applying

advanced creative and critical thinking

throughout.

Develop understanding of learning

philosophies and first hand

experience of learning systems;

local, international, formal, informal.

Develop understanding of

environmental, human and spiritual

ecology, and experience of

sustainable lifestyles and practices.

How can design of learning

experiences - and the

systems by which they are

accessed and delivered -

be tools to enhance this

interdependence?

Sustainable innovation Education innovation Sustainability learning

Explore approaches for sustainable

design, such as biomimicry, and

understand methods for creating

consumer demand for sustainability.

Explore emerging models for

learning at different scales, both

technological and face-to-face,

and connect to practitioners.

Exploring approaches to teaching

and changing mindsets in a variety

of contexts, to build on my ability to

design and implement curriculums.

Zahra Davidson

Deliverables include:

publication

experiences


Emergent learning


Emergent group learning

Core group learning outcomes

Ability to lead a design process, advance your idea generation, add value to ideas through iteration

Build a systemic perspective of a challenge to inform an agile strategy and practical route forward.

Grow soft skills that relate to entrepreneurialism, such as building mutually beneficial relationships.

Understand the processes which underly personal and group learning in order to support yourself and others.

Develop personal qualities including adaptability, resilience, communication and balance.


Diverse interests?


Crowd-source support

1. Peer group & buddy group

2. Map our networks

3. External tutor & mentor

4. Sponsorship

5. Digitally enabled


Structure and discipline

Our supporters


Who are we looking for?

EY


Code of conduct


1. This is a collective endeavour

2. This is a prototype

3. Supporting others is key to your learning

4. You are ultimately respondible

5. Commit to the basic route

What’s the timeline?

Aug wk 22ndPhone calls

Sept 17/18thKick off weekend

Aug 26thGroup announced

June 29thApplications open

Aug 17thApplications close


Questions?

Thank you