An exciting projectThe DSE Future Coasts project is a highly complex project with many components. I have been lucky enough to have been able to assist the team develop a community engagement plan. At present it is just that – a plan, but hopefully it will get the go-ahead and we can implement it.
Ararat CoPI have been grappling with the idea of creating ‘rich pictures’ that enable people learn about complex topics, and have at last realised the obvious – that complex topics are not learned in a linear way. Another reason for not doing a power point. Creating a workshop version of the Open House CE tool enables a rich picture learning environment. I have now tested this in a couple of situations, including the Ararat CE Community of Practice and am really looking forward to having the chance to do more.
Lots of coursesI feel I have now refined the one day course to a high level. I really enjoy delivering it; each group is different but the structure is solid. I view it as a piece of interactive performance – a dance between myself and the participants and between the participants. My role is to create the framework for the participants relate to each other.
The application I’d like to seeWorking in a team whose members are spread across the State gets one to wanting to explore ways to meet other than face to face. Teleconferences with Sametime or VNC make a huge difference, but it is still a long way from emulating a well run decision making process. After a bit of investigating, I decided that there was nothing out there that really gives me what I wanted. So here is the brief for the web based application I would like someone to make. See the seven minute movie below.
AFN conferenceThe AFN conference in Bathurst truly captured the spirit and character of the AFN. The drawing is Simon Kneebone’s cartoon based on the event I delivered. Another stretch of the possible, and I now have another ‘product’ to enable others experience and participate participatory learning. I look forward to having the opportunity to run it with another group soon.