an idealized roadbook
for a successful live, online, or hybrid workshop

1 - start with exploring the space
2 - make sure that the space is safe
3 - keep holding the space
4 - provide an iteration of activities, not more than in every series
X - make sure to keep building up a learning value chain
X - provide a neat flow
5 - allow for a review: what have we learned?
6 - make time for a retrospective - how did we experience the process?
7 - reassure safe space

repeat [1, 2, 3 ,4, X², 5, 6, 7]
repeat [1, 2, 3 ,4, X², 5, 6, 7]

on and on, towards a landing strip,
near the desired learning outcome

source:
Francis Laleman (2020),
Resourceful Exformation
KDP Publishing

The Law of Perfect Affordance

In any learning environment, there exists a stable level of minimum structural design, including spatial confinement, structures and tools, where learning happens at optimal pace, in quality and quantity.

With less than the stable minimum or more than the stable minimum, the learning outcome underperforms in relationship to the learning capacity and capability inherent in the students individually, and in the group.

vocabulary

learner experience design
affordance
narrative structure
learning activity
safe space
holding space
assembly
community
discourse
engagement
conversations
live online learning
iterations
time box
timescale
the Agile manifesto
interactions
processes
tools
documentation
collaboration
negotiation
responsiveness
meaning
value
value chain
flow
motivated individuals
face-to-face conversation
remote
online
live online
measure of success
definition of “done”
agility
simplicity
architecture
choreography
maximizing the work not done
minimizing work in progress
self-organizing teams
cross-functional teams
review on the what
retrospect on the how

agile learning facilitation principles

1 Our highest priority is to satisfy the students
through early and continuous self-discovery of learning value.

2 We welcome changing requirements, even late in the learning process. Responding to change in a facilitation process harnesses the learner’s societal advantage.

3 We deliver learning value frequently and in short iterations, with a preference for the shorter timescale over the long-term view.

4 Educators and learners must work
together daily throughout a learning track.

5 We build curiosity and keenness to learn around motivated individuals and teams - providing with the learning spaces and learning environments they need - and trusting them to self-organize to get the learning done.

6 The most efficient and effective method of
conveying information to and within a learning team is peer-to-peer conversation.

7 Relevant learning value acquired is the primary measure of progress.

8 Agile learning processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, educators, and students should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

9 Continuous attention to excellence in learning skills and good learning space design enhances agility.

10 Simplicity in learning means practicing the art of maximizing the amount of learning not done - while minimizing the structural design elements needed for learning to happen.

11 The learning outcome emerges from self-organizing learning teams.

12 At regular intervals, the learning team reflects on how to become more effective learners, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.