Rhizomatic Dynamic Agile Coproducing blah, blah ...

Rhizomatic, schrmizomatic . . . all kidding aside, I had a fun time chatting with Dave C. yesterday during the Worldbridges Webcastathon - yes, on the Worldbridges network ... the home of EdTechTalk.com! Dave has posted some interesting thoughts on his blog that dance around some loosely joined thoughts I've been hearing and reading about including:

• Designing Coproduction Experiences: In one of my instructional design classes, we are using a book (Creating Do It Yourself Customers - The Coproduction Revolution) written by my professor which centers on the design of what he terms "co-production" experiences. A central focus of the book is that if we want customers (or in the context of our discussion last night - learners) to achieve excellence as they take on roles in a co-production experience (like the Drupal CMS Academy), we must carefully contemplate the learner's "vision (goals / feedback), access, incentive and expertise" within the design. The book provides in-depth analysis and guidance regarding these themes.
  
• Engagement and Coproduction: The online book "The Journey to the Interface" addresses similar themes.
  
• Dynamic Personalization: I found the link to the online book noted above from a link to link in Josie Fraser's post about "Personalisation" - or as we say on this side of the pond "Personalization" - addressing "the active participation of citizens in designing services".
  
• Informal / Emergent / Incidental Learning: Last week, I was introduced to a blog by a graduate student at the University of Georgia. I was told by her colleagues that her research interests are in online informal (emergent and incidental) learning. I look forward to learning more about her research.
• Agile Instructional Design: See my post from a few weeks back about Peter Rawsthorme's Agile Instructional Design ideas.
• ...and my ongoing obsession with Drupal as my Personal Learning Environment.
  

So, what does all this mean? Are there relevant connections among these themes? Well, I haven't got that figured out. Has anyone else? However, these ideas taken in whole seem to point toward instructional design focused on a common goal: creating dynamic learning environments focused on active learner participation! Whether we call the recipients Rhizomatic Dynamic Agile Coproducing Emergent Learners or not, I for one am happy to consider myself one!

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