Everything Unplugged

Learning ConversationsA Curated Conversation on discontinuities; Sept

2012

Launching EU-East

Norwich Forum Friday September 7th 2012

Everything Unplugged

Our Background;Learning UnpluggedSociety UnpluggedThe School of Loose TiesYour Future UnpluggedUnplugged Links

Before Unplugged

Our Background; Unplugged emerged from debates about Ivan Illich, learning conversations new ways of doing things in a 2.0 world. Follows on from work by Tony Hall, Dougald Hine & School of Everything, using the opportunities created by the credit crunch and the failure of hierarchies. A world of future possibilities is on offer and we discuss what they might be

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Conversations about Learning

Tony Hall

• The School of Everything Unplugged began in July 2009 with a comment in a blog, that became a chat, that lead to a weekly conversation, which became the Everything Unplugged group on Facebook. Through our conversations we prod, puzzle and play with the idea of what learning can become

• Tony’s Link; Imagine Blog

David Jennings

• Everything Unplugged is the combination of dogged persistence – with one or two committing to turn up no matter what -- with extreme surrender to context -- who turns up and what they're willing and able to talk about -- lubricated with a little generosity of spirit.

• David’s Link; DJAlchemi Blog

Patrick Hadfield

• A loosely-connected group of people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences who gather together to talk about ideas – prompted, but not exclusively, by an interest in learning. It is essentially an ongoing, wide-ranging conversation which challenges, educates and entertains.

• Patrick’s Blog Link

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Conversations about Society

Mark Narayn

• Everything Unplugged is a reliably regular space for dialogue about learning & society.

• It combines an informal loose structure, mixed with diverse but informed people who know how to listen, question and contribute productively...... For me, it is an oasis in the sea of self-interested noise that pervades mainstream education.

• Mark’s WikiQuals Link

Bridget McKenzie Blog

• This is a time of revelations and rethinking. Education is seen as the panacea to injustice and poverty, but expressed in institutions channelling people into a ‘real world’ based on extraction, commodification, accumulation and waste. We should root learning in social and natural ecologies generating wellbeing within and via the biosphere. We need a;

• Learning Planet; Praxis, Play, Peeragogy, Plurality

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Conversations with Loose Ties

Ian McCleave

• Unplugged represents an open, non-hierarchical and occasionally anarchic opportunity to engage in conversations about how individuals learn and engage with all that is around them. It facilitates a more natural learning process, encouraging everyone to tap into the collective intelligence, learning from each other and contributing without fear

• Ian’s Link; @ianmccleave

@fredgarnett

• Everything Unplugged provides a context that celebrates the social discontinuity of learning. We come together, discuss some topic until we agree, then we go away, reflect on those discussions and disagree afresh. But we’ve been changed by the deep listening with which we honour the thoughts of other learning anarchists

• Fred’s Link; Heutagogy Blog

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Conversations about the Future

Lucy Johnson

• The focus of Everything Unplugged is on Education and Informal Learning, particularly outside of institutions. In the current education revolution our meet-up aims to help us and you take control of your learning, contribute, share, explore and have a voice

• Lucy’s Link; @creativeducator

Mark & Lucy

• "Everything Unplugged East" (EUE), is an offshoot of the brilliant "Everything Unplugged" meet up at The Royal Festival Hall in London on the South Bank.

• EUE meets every Friday morning at the Forum in Norwich at 10.00am.

• EU meets every Wednesday at 10.30am• Links; EU-East Facebook Page• EU Facebook page

Some Unplugged Consequences

• Dark Mountain• Uncivilisation• Agile Learning Unplugged• The University Project• WikiQuals• The Discontinuity of Networks• Aggregate then Curate• Click on the links above for more ideas

Everything Unplugged Links

Everything Unplugged Facebook PageEverything Unplugged East Facebook Page The Everything Unplugged Newspaper edited by David JenningsWikiQuals self-accredited learning projectSchool of Everything self-organised learningDark Mountain new forms of writingCaroline Haythornthwaite Social Networks UnpluggedFelix Guattari – 3 EcologiesImages by Tony Hall Wordle by Fred Garnett at wordle.netHey Ho, let’s Rhizome! it’s not a MOOC…

Going Unplugged

If you want to create your own informal learning group, use the links above to get ideas, come to Everything Unplugged in London or Norwich, or just get some people together. After all it’s just a book group without the books, but full of the strange charms of people…

Everything Unplugged Links

Everything Unplugged Facebook PageEverything Unplugged East Facebook Page The Everything Unplugged Newspaper edited by David JenningsWikiQuals self-accredited learning projectSchool of Everything self-organised learningDark Mountain new forms of writingCaroline Haythornthwaite Social Networks UnpluggedFelix Guattari – 3 EcologiesImages by Tony Hall Wordle by Fred Garnett at wordle.netHey Ho, let’s Rhizome! it’s not a MOOC…