11/20/19
- 4 projects, 16 sentences
- Take 15 words from each of the sentences
- Put the words into 5 groups of 3, constructing a sentence from each
- Take the words further and simplify them
- 1 page of model, 1-page joint model
- Work is done as you create knowledge
OVERVIEW
Re: OVERVIEW
Respect lies in the text
Understanding of how knowledge and learning is created throughout the US
List of all sentences constructed in 10+1 Steps due on the 4th
One separately and one jointly (4 total for all structures)
Our 3 restructures and one joint structure from
Minimum of 16
Dichotomies
Min of 4
A couple of felt experiences (optional)
Out of sentences and dichotomies, circle 15 words individually
Put words into 5 boxes
2 in a box and one outside
5 boxes, two in each and one outside each (on top)
Create a sentence with each of the three words that is placed underneath each box (5 sentences)
Do one individually and one jointly for the boxes
Felt experience = deep thinking
Final Exam
Post 3 pages on fishbowl
5 paragraphs
5 sentences in each of the 5 paragraphs will be an intro to each (sentences we created)
2 paragraphs on each page
7 total
Show how the mind was working
→ not the final product but the process
Understanding of how knowledge and learning is created throughout the US
List of all sentences constructed in 10+1 Steps due on the 4th
One separately and one jointly (4 total for all structures)
Our 3 restructures and one joint structure from
Minimum of 16
Dichotomies
Min of 4
A couple of felt experiences (optional)
Out of sentences and dichotomies, circle 15 words individually
Put words into 5 boxes
2 in a box and one outside
5 boxes, two in each and one outside each (on top)
Create a sentence with each of the three words that is placed underneath each box (5 sentences)
Do one individually and one jointly for the boxes
Felt experience = deep thinking
Final Exam
Post 3 pages on fishbowl
5 paragraphs
5 sentences in each of the 5 paragraphs will be an intro to each (sentences we created)
2 paragraphs on each page
7 total
Show how the mind was working
→ not the final product but the process
Re: OVERVIEW
Hi Everyone,
Individually, you are selecting 15 words from 16 sentence structures that you made in your groups.
Your individual model is going to be 3 words in 5 boxes = 15 words.
And, it will have 5 sentence structures, one for each box and made from the three words.
You will make a final group model after consulting each other as a group. This too will be the same: 5 boxes, 3 words in each box, and 5 sentence structures.
It will be a mixture of your individual models.
Your modeling in all its simplicity is an approach to understanding the social reality of your fishbowls and is an approach to change. This approach belongs to the social-constructionist school of thought (please google), please bear that in mind. It is under-pinned by the idea that your awareness and knowledge have an unfolding transformative potential and that the images and ideas you hold of yourselves and your world have a fundamental impact on how your realities unfold.
UNFOLDING TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL...THAT IS HOW I SEE AND EXPERIENCE YOU.
Your final model is due on Dec. 4th. Enjoy the doing of it, as much as I enjoy viewing it, and don’t worry about getting it right because you’d be barking up the wrong tree, metaphorically speaking. I loved your hard copies. Thank you and good luck with it.
Sanjiv
MODEL, MODELING, SOCIAL, REALITY, CHANGE, CONSTRUCT
Individually, you are selecting 15 words from 16 sentence structures that you made in your groups.
Your individual model is going to be 3 words in 5 boxes = 15 words.
And, it will have 5 sentence structures, one for each box and made from the three words.
You will make a final group model after consulting each other as a group. This too will be the same: 5 boxes, 3 words in each box, and 5 sentence structures.
It will be a mixture of your individual models.
Your modeling in all its simplicity is an approach to understanding the social reality of your fishbowls and is an approach to change. This approach belongs to the social-constructionist school of thought (please google), please bear that in mind. It is under-pinned by the idea that your awareness and knowledge have an unfolding transformative potential and that the images and ideas you hold of yourselves and your world have a fundamental impact on how your realities unfold.
UNFOLDING TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL...THAT IS HOW I SEE AND EXPERIENCE YOU.
Your final model is due on Dec. 4th. Enjoy the doing of it, as much as I enjoy viewing it, and don’t worry about getting it right because you’d be barking up the wrong tree, metaphorically speaking. I loved your hard copies. Thank you and good luck with it.
Sanjiv
MODEL, MODELING, SOCIAL, REALITY, CHANGE, CONSTRUCT
Re: OVERVIEW
Introduction
We are 120 undergraduates in the College of Business at the University of Rhode Island. In groups of three, we set out to understand the meaning of Complex Adaptive Systems (1) over a period of two weeks in digital space, we called The Fishbowl (2). We found that when constructing meaningful knowledge-content, our effectiveness increased whenever we “engaged” with text and, “expressed” our reflections to each other. As knowledge-workers constructing meaning, our underlying purpose was to add value to the group’s knowing of the subject matter. In sequential steps, our paper presents one group’s journey into their understanding of Complex Adaptive Systems and, constructing meaning for themselves about it.
1. We define ‘engagement’ as “conveying interaction with text outside the group to each other inside the group” (3).This has two complementary components: we used the world outside the group as a resource for learning and, we used this information to make a positive impact inside the group.
2. We define ‘expressiveness’ as “the public display of symbols or enactment of symbolic action for performative effect” (4).
Methodology
1. We present 10+1 steps as a way of linking theory and practice so that knowledge can be action based and derived from practice in the real world as opposed to being generated through abstract survey methods.
2. Our method is best described as sorting, sifting and selecting from word-pools to create and construct understandings about the subject matter.
3. Our method is one of abstracting, framing and interpreting text in a social situation; the Fishbowl.
3. Our approach to understanding the subject matter belongs to the social-constructionist school of thought. The idea under-pinning this approach is understanding how knowledge has an unfolding transformative potential and, how the images and ideas we hold of ourselves as knowledge-workers has fundamental impact on how our knowing unfolds in the group. The underlying assumption is the belief that we do make and shape our understanding of the world and have the ability to do so anew.
Outcome
1. We are 40 groups, three individuals each. In digital space, called the Fishbowl, “we showed ourselves to ourselves” (5). Every individual played an active role when interpreting the subject matter. As active agents (6), we selected symbols and framed interpretations in 10+1 steps from our own standpoint. Both engagement and expression became performances, that is, “interpretive events.”
2. Organizations have learnt that chasing numbers does not translate into productivity and that linear thinking is archaic. Clearly, functioning effectively as a team is far more valuable than any individual achievement. Our paper makes a difference by restructuring the experience away from individual fact acquisition towards team-building experiences.
3. We see our understanding of the subject matter not as radically new but as recognizing kinship within the group, as well as differences between groups.
We are 120 undergraduates in the College of Business at the University of Rhode Island. In groups of three, we set out to understand the meaning of Complex Adaptive Systems (1) over a period of two weeks in digital space, we called The Fishbowl (2). We found that when constructing meaningful knowledge-content, our effectiveness increased whenever we “engaged” with text and, “expressed” our reflections to each other. As knowledge-workers constructing meaning, our underlying purpose was to add value to the group’s knowing of the subject matter. In sequential steps, our paper presents one group’s journey into their understanding of Complex Adaptive Systems and, constructing meaning for themselves about it.
1. We define ‘engagement’ as “conveying interaction with text outside the group to each other inside the group” (3).This has two complementary components: we used the world outside the group as a resource for learning and, we used this information to make a positive impact inside the group.
2. We define ‘expressiveness’ as “the public display of symbols or enactment of symbolic action for performative effect” (4).
Methodology
1. We present 10+1 steps as a way of linking theory and practice so that knowledge can be action based and derived from practice in the real world as opposed to being generated through abstract survey methods.
2. Our method is best described as sorting, sifting and selecting from word-pools to create and construct understandings about the subject matter.
3. Our method is one of abstracting, framing and interpreting text in a social situation; the Fishbowl.
3. Our approach to understanding the subject matter belongs to the social-constructionist school of thought. The idea under-pinning this approach is understanding how knowledge has an unfolding transformative potential and, how the images and ideas we hold of ourselves as knowledge-workers has fundamental impact on how our knowing unfolds in the group. The underlying assumption is the belief that we do make and shape our understanding of the world and have the ability to do so anew.
Outcome
1. We are 40 groups, three individuals each. In digital space, called the Fishbowl, “we showed ourselves to ourselves” (5). Every individual played an active role when interpreting the subject matter. As active agents (6), we selected symbols and framed interpretations in 10+1 steps from our own standpoint. Both engagement and expression became performances, that is, “interpretive events.”
2. Organizations have learnt that chasing numbers does not translate into productivity and that linear thinking is archaic. Clearly, functioning effectively as a team is far more valuable than any individual achievement. Our paper makes a difference by restructuring the experience away from individual fact acquisition towards team-building experiences.
3. We see our understanding of the subject matter not as radically new but as recognizing kinship within the group, as well as differences between groups.