Learning Technology Mentors Program

Ambition in Action Learning Technology Mentors Visioning Session 2

Ambition in Action Gerard Kell Learning and Innovation Jo Kay Consultant to Learning and Innovation Learning Technology Mentors Your facilitators today … Stephen Ridgway Learning and Innovation Julie Collareda Learning and Innovation

Ambition in Action Learning Technology Mentors This session will provide a further opportunity to develop and articulate a shared and personal vision for the role of a Learning and Technology Mentor

Ambition in Action At the end of the session: gain an awareness of the shared values within the Learning and Technology Mentor team To develop ideas for a 2008 to 2010? vision for Sydney Institute Learning technology Mentors identify and post an image/s from Flickr to the LTM blog site that represent the shared vision of the Learning and Technology Mentors Team

Ambition in Action Learning Technology Mentors “Visioning” is a way of defining and achieving a desirable future. It has been shown that we are more likely to reach an objective if we can “see” it and can imagine the steps to achieve it.

Ambition in Action Learning Technology Mentors It has been shown that we are more likely to reach an objective if we can “see” it and can imagine the steps to achieve it.

Ambition in Action A vision is an indication of where we are heading or what we would like to see happen. A vision creates a concept of the future you intend to inhabit.. Learning Technology Mentors

Ambition in Action Developing a collective vision is important to enable productive collective action – team work!! People follow others who know where they are going! Learning Technology Mentors

Ambition in Action Learning Technology Mentors Assumptions The other person sees a situation the way we do The other person is experiencing the same feelings as we are The other person’s logic is based on our logic and not their feelings The other person’s learning style is the same as ours If a problem occurs, it is the other person who has the problem or does not understand the situation

Ambition in Action Making visible to one's mind; a mental picture or envisioned solution Or The practice of imagining a place, person, thing, or event with unusual clarity and intensity. Visioning using visualisation

Ambition in Action Conceptual metaphors have importance for understanding the process of learning and educational practices.  help form a storey’s theme or line  are the basis of the conceptual systems for understanding how we act in our day to day lives Visioning using metaphor

Ambition in Action Common journey metaphors  The hero’s journey  Biblical “seek and ye shall find”  At the sharp end  The quest – the inner journey  The birth of knowledge  Weaving the textual route  Cyberspace Visioning using metaphor

Ambition in Action Select an envelop Take time to visualise the metaphor Describe your role as a Learning Technology Mentor in terms of the metaphor Task 1 : Visioning using metaphor

Ambition in Action Visioning: Ambition in Action The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. Ambition in Action is a vision statement As a Learning Technology Mentor you should be modelling the new Sydney Institute branding

Ambition in Action Passionate Preferred “Sydney Institute really cares about what it does and how it directly relates to me” Influential “Sydney Institute has the power to change lives, the community and the economy” First rate Professional “Sydney Institute is on the pulse and acts in a professional way” Capable “Sydney Institute knows how it’s done and can show me how” The best Progressive Ambition in Action

Task 2: Visioning: Ambition in Action The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. Discuss your role as LTMs in terms of the Sydney Institute branding and add comments to the grid provided: Progressive Passionate Influential Professional Capable

Ambition in Action Visioning: Ambition in Action using AI The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. Appreciative Inquiry Julie? AI is the art and practice of asking questions, of asking the ‘unconditional positive question’. The more positive the question, the longer lasting, more powerful and energised the change process. ( David Cooperrider, 2007) The underlying principle of AI is that organisations grow in the direction in which they inquire.

Ambition in Action Task 3: Visioning: Ambition in Action using AI The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. The TAFE NSW Teacher Advisory and Assessment Scheme (TAA1) Advisory Activity is carried out to: assist TAFE teachers appointed permanent on probation to assess their progress; provide feedback and advice on teaching; and develop an agreed Action Plan for professional and career development. Develop a “question” that can articulate a shared vision statement incorporating: Progressive Passionate Influential Professional Capable

Ambition in Action 4 a) identify and post an image/s from Flickr to the LTM blog site that represents “the shared vision of the Learning and Technology Mentors Team“ 4 b) Comment on other team members contributions Task 4 : Shared vision

Ambition in Action Time for a break! Tea & Coffee & Biscuits available Please be back at your table by 16:00 to start the next activity Feel free to ask questions! Visioning

Learning Technology Mentors Program Visioning - session two Julie Collareda and Gerard Kell