CEJul14

=Design for Living Complexities=

A Collaborative Exploration (CE) in which participants develop a design sketch that addresses one of the cases in a [|3-week MOOC] that explores critical thinking about design in a range of areas of life and its complexities. >> on hangout for 1 hour each week from mid-July to first week of August at time to be determined. The URL for the first hangout will be provided only to those who register (via http://bit.ly/CEApply), which entails making a commitment to attend that 1st session and at least 2 of the other 3 hangouts. >> a) tangible: a design sketch that addresses one of the cases in a 3-week MOOC that links design and critical thinking; and >> b) experiential: being impressed at how much can be learned with a small commitment of time using the CE structure to motivate and connect participants.
 * //**In brief, CEs are an extension of Problem- or Project-Based Learning**// (PBL) and related approaches to education in which participants address a scenario or case in which the problems are not well defined, shaping their own directions of inquiry and developing their skills as investigators and prospective teachers (in the broadest sense of the word). (For more background, read the prospectus.)
 * //**If you want to know what a CE requires of you**//, review the expectations and mechanics.
 * //**If you are wondering how to define a meaningful and useful approach**// to the topic, let us present a scenario for the CE and hope this stimulates you to apply to participate. We will then let CE participants judge for themselves whether their inquiries are relevant.
 * //**Intended outcomes for participants of this CE**// are of two kinds:

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