Portable Learner

This is map of lifelong learning design patterns that I developed for my Masters thesis. These patterns are for learners, not instructional designers or instructors (unless they happen to also be learners). The map links to the individual patterns, presenting them in the context of Philip Candy's (2004) online learning model.

You want an overview of a particular knowledge domain. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns.

You want to revisit a source that you discovered previously. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns.

You want to identify only the relevant parts of a complete document. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns.

You don't know where to begin a search for a topic that is unfamiliar to you. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns.

You want to distinguish a good online resource from a bad one. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns.

The technology that you are using doesn't work the way you want it to. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns. This pattern is based Fischer's (2002) call to learners to be and act as designers.

You want to integrate multiple sources of information to better understand a topic. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns.

You want to search online about a topic that is unfamiliar to you. This is one of a series of lifelong learning design patterns and is based on Bates' (1989) Berrypicking model of information retrieval.

This note captures some of the resources I am finding particularly usefuly as I learn about writing patterns for lifelong learning.