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1 Patterns for building patterns communities Yishay Mor, Pattern Language Network, London Knowledge Lab, UK

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Keynote at e-Learning Patterns, Tübingen, March 4-6, 2009 http://www.iwm-kmrc.de/workshops/e-learning-patterns/ Video http://www.iwm-kmrc.de/workshops/e-learning-patterns/videos/Keynote1YishayMor.html http://www.iwm-kmrc.de/workshops/e-learning-patterns/videos/Keynote2YishayMor.html Abstract http://www.iwm-kmrc.de/workshops/e-learning-patterns/abstracts/patternscommunties.htm The construct of design pattern is often summarised as "the core of a solution to a problem in context". What, then, is the problem that design patterns solve, and in which contexts? As design patterns break new grounds in educational research and practice, challenging questions arise: how do we engage new audiences in the pattern paradigm? How do we adapt the form and modes of use of patterns to make them useful in diverse realms of practice? Why do we have such a strong conviction in the value of design patterns? The tradition of design patterns refers to concepts such as "timelessness" and "expertise". These are problematic in a world of accelerating change. Yet another fundamental principle is accentuated; the need to establish robust design languages capable of capturing the complexity of problems in our environment and offering verifiable solutions. I argue that design-level discourse is imperative in many critical domains of human activity, and that patterns should play a central role in such discourse. Over the last few years, my colleagues and I have been developing a methodology for participatory workshops for practical design patterns. This methodology has emerged from the "Learning Patterns" project, and is being refined by the "Pattern Language Network" project. In this talk, I will describe the methodology, its history and future plans, and provide some illustrative examples. I will also highlight some of the fundamental questions which is provokes.

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Patterns for building patterns communities

Yishay Mor, Pattern Language Network, London Knowledge Lab, UK

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Learning Patterns was a Jointly Executed Integrating Research Project of the Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence, funded under the FP6 programme. For further details, please see http://lp.noe-kaleidoscope.org/

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The Pattern Language Network (Planet) project is a collaboration between Leeds Metropolitan University, Coventry University, Glasgow Caledonian University, Kings College London and London Knowledge Lab. It is funded by JISC under the Users and Innovation Programme. For more information see http://patternlanguagenetwork.org

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Thanks

• Kaleidoscope network of excellence• JISC• London Knowledge Lab

Planet TeamJanet Finlay, John Richard Gray, Isobel Falconer, Jim Hensman, Steven Warburton

Learning Patterns TeamEfi Alexopoulou, Staffan Björk, James Bligh, Mark Childs, Michele Cerulli, Vincent Jonker, Chronis Kynigos, Fionnuala O’ Donnell, Dave Pratt, Brendan Tangney, Monica Wijers

Hundreds of workshop participants (some of them here today)

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Think of a technology that you have encountered recently, which has changed

your life in some way

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Think of an Eureka! Moment, where you understood how you could use this

technology, or understood something by using the technology (or both)

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Draw it. (3 minutes)

You can use words, but only as part of the drawing.

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Now look left & right, and find a pattern.

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Problem:

Bad Design

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Context:

Technology Enhanced Education

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the critical resource is not the capacity to produce, but the knowledge to do it right.

Problem: The Design Divide the gap between those who have the expertise to develop high-quality tools and resources and those who don’t (Mor & Winters, 2008*)

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Solution...

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Problem: acceleration

The world is changing. Fast. Faster. Teachers are learners. Students are researchers. We are all designers of our own

and our peer's learning experiences. Son, this was my

dad's mobile. I want you to have it.

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ClientDesigner

Developer

(dumb) Users

Traditional social configuration of design

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ClientDesigner

Developer

Users

DesignPatterns

Patterns → democratisation of design knowledge

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The Distributed Development Network*

Winters, Mor & Pratt, forthcoming http://telearn.noe-kaleidoscope.org/open-archive/browse?resource=1787

The Interwebs

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Patterns: Sharing of distributed design knowledge

DesignPatterns

DesignPatterns

DesignPatterns

DesignPatterns

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Welcome to the 21st C

• Timelessness is dead.• Expertise is spread.• Design is bread.

We hope you enjoy your journey

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Learning patterns for the design and deployment of mathematical games

lp.noe-kaleidoscope.org

1 year / 7 institutions / 6 countries / 16 team members / 6 workshops / >50 patterns

Designing games for mathematical learning requires the assimilation and integration of deep knowledge from diverse domains of expertise - mathematics, games development, software engineering, learning and teaching. All are various facets of design knowledge.

http://yish.blip.tv/file/1822412/

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Case studies

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Typologies

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Patterns

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Trails

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Shortfalls

• Pattern shock– by the time participants “get the idea”, workshop is

over.– Consequently, most participant contributions not

usable.

• Closing the loop– Need to validate patterns by use.

• Us as component– “great stuff, but I couldn't do it without you”

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patternlanguagenetwork.org

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Learning Patterns → Pattern Language Network

• Several commited groups• Extended process• Tighter methodology

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Participatory Methodology for Practical Design Patterns

• Problem– Acceleration → need for effective protocols for

sharing of design knowledge

• Context– interdisciplinary communities of practitioners

engaged in collaborative reflection on a common theme of their practice.

– blended setting: co-located meetings + on-line collaborative authoring system.

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Solution: a series of three* collaborative reflection workshops

• Case Stories Workshop– Engender collaborative reflection among practitioners

by a structured process of sharing stories.

• Pattern Mining Workshop – Eliciting patterns by reflecting on and comparing case

stories.

• Future Scenarios Workshop– Validating and enhancing patterns by applying them to

novel problems.

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Collaborative reflection workshop

ProblemFacilitate on-going design-

level conversation between designers and practitioners involved in diverse aspects of the problem domain.

Open, trusting and convivial.

And at the same time

Critical, focused and output-directed.

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Solution

• Before the workshop– Establish communication channels– Collect contributions

• On the day– Intensive guided group work: process

contributions, produce, share.

• After the workshop– Refine products through on-line channels

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Workshop I:

Sharing case stories

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The problem with stories

Narrative is a powerful epistemic tool (Bruner).Story-telling is intuitive and captivating.

But, we want to avoid Gossip Divergence Therapy

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S.T.A.R.R Situation Set the scene (I wasn't there)

Task What problem where you trying to

solve?

Actions What did you do?

Results What happened?

Reflections

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Problem: telling a good story is not so easy

• Inexperienced story-tellers might -– Take the context for granted– Preach, apologise, market, or generalise– Avoid inconvenient details

• Interactive feedback should help, but peers might -– Be reluctant to criticize– Attribute misunderstanding to their own faults– Loose attention

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Three hats

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From stories to patterns

• Map the forces• Map the concepts

– Table-top concept mapping

• Connect & refactor– Related, super-patterns, sub-patterns

• Validate– Theory & triangulation

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http://yish.blip.tv/file/1839670/

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Paper 2.0

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Thank you

The pattern language network project:

http://patternlanguagenetworg.org

Yishay Mor

http://people.lkl.ac.ukyishay

[email protected]

This presentationhttp://www.slideshare.net/yish/patterns-for-building-patterns-communities

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