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Heutology
The term “Heutology – a collection of self-determined learnings” is derived from the word Heutagogy, coined in 2000 by Hase & Kenyon, is learning beyond being guided or given limited options, like adaptive learning. The learner is in the driver’s seat.
Pedagogy, a teacher-centric approach, involves combining the skills and knowledge necessary for delivering high-quality, effective teaching, usually to young learners in a school setting.
Andragogy involves moving away from the teacher-centric approach and into a more learner-centric or collaborative learning relationship between learner, teacher and peers, usually in an informal adult learning environment.
As learners progress and mature in skill and in life, so does their approach to learning, heutagogy puts mature learners in the driver’s seat, as the final stop in the learning continuum.
Lisa Marie Blaschke writes, “in a heutagogical approach to teaching and learning… Emphasis is placed on development of learner capacity and capability with the goal of producing learners who are well-prepared for the complexities of today’s workforce.”
5 Heutagogical Tips to Empower Lifelong Learners Online | SchoolKeep, https://www.schoolkeep.com/blog/educator-tips/5-heutagogical-tips-empower-lifelong-learners-online; Date accessed: 6th November 2016
Heutology is made up of the Trilogy, three applications working together in a learning flow.
Home
Make yourself right at “home”. This is the place to launch into self determined learning relevant to your personal and professional needs.
Selecting the Heutology logo on the top left side of each screen will always bring you home.
The arrow is symbolic of moving forward in the direction of your choice, this website is designed to be the shift in learning – a tool to evidence progress and growth by self selection.
My account/profile is a key element in customizing what is offered to you in the way of learning material, keeping all relevant professional information together. Personal details from the profile are embedded in other aspects of the site.
At the bottom of the home page are the terms and conditions of using the site and privacy policy –it is always wise to read these, to know your rights as a user. Next is contact us, the site administrators, if you find a bug or need help. There is a feedback link for you to leave any comments, we always like good news! Google Translate has been embedded so that this is truly a global co-operative and users from around the world can utilize the tools and offerings.
Navigating the Site
Menu Bar
Each of the items on the Menu will take you directly to a key feature of the site.
The roles within the site you have been attributed, will determine the length of the menu bar for the user.
Breadcrumbs
Another shortcut when moving between different elements is the trail of breadcrumbs which can return you quickly to an instance in the same path.
Hashtags
There are many different types of hashtag within this system:
Interest Tags – these are used to personalize the site and organize information – they are applied in your account/profile and on the Edubrowse.
Organisational Tags – these can be applied when you plug your Heutology into an organization within an Ecosystem
By selecting a tag it will take you to a reference of items tagged with the same word.
Search Bar
Enabling a search of the whole site or a specific section, the search bar is designed to make the locating of information quick.
About Us
The Corporations Professional Ecosystems Pty Ltd was established in 2013 as a response to the call to move education forward into a new paradigm. The Founders of this company are all educators, in the field, spanning from early childhood to vocational education and training – teachers and instructional designers with a view to a preferred future for learning.
Our intention is to emancipate learning from Learning Management Systems that are locked down, returning the ownership and management of self-determined learning to the learner, an open system. We have been approached to construct a “Heutology API” that can then enable system integration.
Why “The Global Goals for Sustainable Development”?
In September 2015, the United Nations endorsed the Global Goals to address the many challenges facing life on Earth. We have no direct affiliation with the authors and have no intention to be glib, demean the goals or use them for financial gain – merely to place the goals at the forefront of consciousness and consideration. We seek to promote the Global Goals in all endeavours.
My Account / Profile
A block on the top right of the home page customizes the site to make it “all about you”. The thumbnail allows an image and gives details about your highest formal qualification, organisations to which you have connected your location, membership type and current time/xP status as well as having the link to the complete profile.
Once inside the profile, your name appears at the top. The first part of the profile is a system to quick navigate the profile.
Next is the Membership section, which provides you with in-system information, like your membership number, date of sign up, status, type and next renewal. This is where you can cancel your membership if for any reason you are dissatisfied.
All sections of the profile are editable.
The photo allows you to upload png or jpeg images to your thumbnail.
You can give as much or little away about yourself as you like.
This is where you manage your membership / profile.
- Change your password
- Change your email
Again, provide as much or little as you like, we are an organization which has no interest in mining individual’s personal details rather observing general behaviours.
By adding the specified urls in this list you will be able to directly access these sites from within Heutology.
We haven’t built in birthday messages yet, but who knows in future developments.
Profile Visibility is where you can choose to stay at the private setting or move to having a public profile where other members can find you on site.
The reason for the 3 addresses?
Location; delivery; brand – when connected to an ecosystem
Record your membership numbers for any other work related organisations – eg. union, USI
Tags are used extensively throughout the site to organise information to make it easily retrievable.Each is editable.
This only tracks onsite spending.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I start?
We recommend the Profile as the best starting point.
Why do I need to keep the learning log tidy?
As this is an accumulative process the items on the log need to be completed and then reviewed to ensure you quality control your learning and delete items that are not relevant or no longer required.
Can I be granted xPs in Recognition of Prior Learning?
Just submit your thesis or qualification to the site administration and we will recommend how to achieve this acknowledgement.
Can I have my ePortfolio and Learning Log assessed to achieve higher qualifications?
It is our aim to next create an assessor dashboard, form partnerships with institutions of higher learning and vocational education who will assess eportfolios against a set of agreed criteria to then accredit with relevant credentials.
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