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Ecology of Resources Design Framework

Rosemary Luckin

learner

= Resource within the Zone of Available Assistance A = Zone of Available Assistance

learner

Key = context category

element = filter element

Tools and People

Knowledge and Skills

Environment

learner

Filter

Filter

Filter

Design Framework

• A Design framework and a set of associated tools and methods

• Phase 1: Create an Ecology of Resources Model to identify and organize the potential forms of assistance that can act as resources for learning.

– Step 1 – Brainstorming Potential Resources

to identify learners’ ZAA – Step 2 – Specifying the Focus of Attention– Step 3 – Categorizing Resource Elements– Step 4 – Identify potential Resource Filters – Step 5 – Identify the Learner’s Resources – Step 6 – Identify potential More Able Partners.

Design Framework• A Design framework and a set of associated tools and

methods• Phase 1: Create an Ecology of Resources Model to

identify and organize the potential forms of assistance that can act as resources for learning.

– Step 1 – Brainstorming Potential Resources

to identify learners’ ZAA – Step 2 – Specifying the Focus of Attention– Step 3 – Categorizing Resource Elements– Step 4 – Identify potential Resource Filters – Step 5 – Identify the Learner’s Resources – Step 6 – Identify potential More Able Partners.

• Phase 2: Identify the relationships within and between the resources produced in Phase 1. Identify the extent to which these relationships meet a learner’s needs and how they might be optimized with respect to that learner.

Design Framework• A Design framework and a set of associated tools and

methods• Phase 1: Create an Ecology of Resources Model to

identify and organize the potential forms of assistance that can act as resources for learning.

– Step 1 – Brainstorming Potential Resources

to identify learners’ ZAA – Step 2 – Specifying the Focus of Attention– Step 3 – Categorizing Resource Elements– Step 4 – Identify potential Resource Filters – Step 5 – Identify the Learner’s Resources – Step 6 – Identify potential More Able Partners.

• Phase 2: Identify the relationships within and between the resources produced in Phase 1. Identify the extent to which these relationships meet a learner’s needs and how they might be optimized with respect to that learner.

• Phase 3: Develop the Scaffolds and Adjustments to support the learning relationships identified in Phase 2 and enable the negotiation of a ZPA for a learner.

Design Framework• A Design framework and a set of associated tools and

methods• Phase 1: Create an Ecology of Resources Model to

identify and organize the potential forms of assistance that can act as resources for learning.

– Step 1 – Brainstorming Potential Resources

to identify learners’ ZAA – Step 2 – Specifying the Focus of Attention– Step 3 – Categorizing Resource Elements– Step 4 – Identify potential Resource Filters – Step 5 – Identify the Learner’s Resources – Step 6 – Identify potential More Able Partners.

• Phase 2: Identify the relationships within and between the resources produced in Phase 1. Identify the extent to which these relationships meet a learner’s needs and how they might be optimized with respect to that learner.

• Phase 3: Develop the Scaffolds and Adjustments to support the learning relationships identified in Phase 2 and enable the negotiation of a ZPA for a learner.

Part 1• Think of your own experiences of MOOCs• Write short scenarios

– over a period of time– think about the online tools you might use– the people/things/activities that might relate to

the course indirectly

Part 2• Read through each other’s scenarios and

identify all the possible resources• Categorise them into EoR categories:

– Knowledge & Skills– People & Tools– Environment

• Identify the filters that constrain access to these resources

Part 3• Brainstorm possible ways in which technology

can be used/new technology designed to enable access to resources