Methods and Tools

About the methods

Methods collected have in common that they are looking for different ways to share knowledge from the ones that are usually applied. At the same time, they are not so much alike – they are used in different settings, they try to achieve different outcomes, they are designed with different learners in mind and so on.

How we catalogued the methods

This is why we wanted to introduce tags as a way to help readers better navigate through the methods collected. These tags at the same time offer an overview of the ways in which collected methods depart from the usual teaching norm.

• Ones marked by “ludic” aim to incorporate joyful elements and see knowledge sharing as also a playful process.
• Those marked by “collective” aim to encourage collectivity and sharing, instead of individualised competition.
• “Poetic” ones diverge from the overly rational textual or visual forms, while “Processual” ones value the process of knowledge sharing at least as much as the outcomes and results.
• Those tagged with “contextual” see knowledge as always contingent upon the context in which it is shared and want to put this context centre stage.
• Finding ways to collectively own, shape and direct learning processes, resources and outcomes is the shared characteristic of methods marked by the “commoning” tag.
• Finally, “experience-based” methods put learners in the position to have a hands-on, direct experience while learning about them.