#oldsmooc: asleep at the wheel of a a pdf | Penny Bentley

Before I tell you about my afternoon nap, let this video load, enlarge it to fill your screen, turn the sound up full blast, sit back and let it wash all over you.

Source:?Crist?bal Vila

Every time I see this video I?m affected by it?s beauty and simplicity of message, from snails to sunflowers to dragonflies, relationships exist between mathematics and the natural world.

This message gives students a context in which to consider number patterns instead of something like this, straight from a textbook.

The mathematics covered in?Nature by Numbers ranges from simple to complex, something for everyone. It?s precise and works beautifully with the music and 3D animation?how can all of that fall into the job description of a Learning Designer?

So, what got me banging on about maths and number patterns I hear you say?

Well, you can blame Professor Grainne Conole?for posing this excellent question during our Week 3 wrap up:

What is the relationship between precision and creativity in learning design?

I stopped, paused and read this recommended 17 page pdf reference by?Micheal Derntl et al.

Beauty and Precision: Weaving Complex
Educational Technology Projects with Visual
Instructional Design Languages

Ever had the experience of driving somewhere, of being aware when interesting things flashed past, but not remembering the journey when you got there?

I?ll need to, and want to, return and have a go at that pdf again. Weaving this video into a discussion around beauty, precision, instructional design, learning design and education still leaves me with a messy vision of what we are trying to achieve in the #oldsmooc.

That?s great, suits me just fine, we still have 6 weeks to get it sorted.

Source: http://penbentley.com/2013/02/01/oldsmooc-asleep-at-the-wheel-of-a-a-pdf/

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