e-Learning Activity - Arena of change mindmap

e-Learning activity summary
Title:	Arena of change mindmap (Focusing on your chosen context)
	2 hours

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Resources to get you started Arena of change Download a local copy of the Arena of change for a college teacher (Right click on your mouse and select "save as".) Preparation activities for non workshop students Watch this video of Pinelopi Zaka entitled Blended elearning: An ecological framework which is hosted by EDtalks. Watch this video on How To Use A Mind Map on Youtube

Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to: Situate you and your peers in the arena of change with digital technology in education from an ecological perspective Generate a visual representation of your arena's ecosystem relating to your focus.

Tasks

1. Study the Arena of change for a college teacher graphic and think about how your identified topic of change interacts with the personal, institutional (local), regional / national and international ecosystems.
2. Identify the professional, bureaucratic, political and commercial / information technology services aspects related to your specific topic of research of change with digital technology in education.
3. On a piece of paper or other medium, prepare an initial draft of a mindmap placing you in a context relating to change as the central concept. The labels or branches of your mindmap should depict the ecology and ecosystems relating to your topic of change with technology in education.
   
   

Learning outcome actions

Prepare a final version of your mindmap to visualise your identified topic of change from an ecological perspective to be shared in a portfolio or blogpost. You can: Photograph or scan a hand-drawn graphic on an A4 page using colour to highlight the different ecosystems. Use graphic software to produce your mindmap Use mindmap software like the open source Freemind package to generate your graphic. Prepare a summary of 100 - 500 words which describes your mindmap including a title and: A brief introduction of your central focus, that is, your identified change with digital technology in a particular context of education. A description of the ecology which identifies the relationships between your change and the wider ecosystem. Review and provide comments and feedback for at least two peers, which will also help you reflect back on your own arena mindmap.