Seeing things again, for the first time

Seeing things again, for the first time Jason P Davies, UCL (University College London) It is twenty years since Meyer and Land published their first paper on Threshold Concepts, and launched the threshold concept framework (TCF) into a sector that, in many ways, has changed beyond recognition; but in other ways, it is a case … Continue reading Seeing things again, for the first time →

Creative Liminality and Unknowns

Creative Liminality and Unknowns: Stepping through transdisciplinary portals to transform the world and oneself Professor Bem Le Hunte, Director of Teaching and Learning, Founding Course Director, Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) When learners become creators of new knowledge rather than consumers of old knowledge they have stepped through a portal of unknowns into … Continue reading Creative Liminality and Unknowns →

Threshold Concepts to drive curriculum change

Andrea Webb As the Threshold Concepts framework approaches 20 years, there is a now a significant body of work around threshold concepts in individual courses, programs, or even institutions. As The Threshold Concept website attests, there are identified Threshold Concepts in areas from Academic Identity to Zoology. However, little of this work is being applied … Continue reading Threshold Concepts to drive curriculum change →

On the Threshold of Power and Privilege

Julie Rattray Learning is both an emotional and effortful experience. It requires us to invest time and effort in each learning task as we work towards accomplishing it. This effort involves not only our cognitive capabilities but it frequently involves are affective or emotional selves. The troublesome nature of threshold concepts potentially makes their mastery … Continue reading On the Threshold of Power and Privilege →

Keynote Session: Failure as a Native Informant

Julie Timmermans Failure is often perceived as an experience to be avoided, silenced, or hidden. In this session, however, we will look at failure (perhaps) anew and as a ‘native informant’, leading us, if we so choose, over thresholds and closer to our selves. We borrow the term ‘native informant’ from anthropology and other social … Continue reading Keynote Session: Failure as a Native Informant →