%0 Journal Article %1 MorWintersJIME08 %A Mor, Yishay %A Winters, Niall %D 2008 %E McAndrew, Patrick %E Godwin, Steve %E Okada, Ale %E Santos, Andreia %J Journal of Interactive Media %K %T Participatory design in open education: a workshop model for developing a pattern language %U http://jime.open.ac.uk/2008/13/ %X Technologically enhanced learning environments raise complex challenges for their designers, developers and users. Design patterns and pattern languages have recently emerged as a potential framework for addressing some of these challenges. However, the uptake of design patterns has been slow outside of the computer science community. We argue that this is largely a consequence of a weak positioning of pattern languages, as a form of delivering expert knowledge to layperson, and suggest an alternative view: the development of a pattern language as a community endeavour. In terms of open education, the workshop model can be viewed as an open production process for developing educational resources, in our case design patterns. We propose a model of pattern elicitation workshops, in which collaborative development of a pattern language provides a framework for sharing design knowledge within interdisciplinary communities. This model was iteratively developed at five international conferences. It was then postulated as a design pattern itself, encompassing a series of practices and a set of supporting tools. We believe this model could be applied in a broad range of communities concerned with the development of open digital educational resources.

@article{MorWintersJIME08, abstract = {Technologically enhanced learning environments raise complex challenges for their designers, developers and users. Design patterns and pattern languages have recently emerged as a potential framework for addressing some of these challenges. However, the uptake of design patterns has been slow outside of the computer science community. We argue that this is largely a consequence of a weak positioning of pattern languages, as a form of delivering expert knowledge to layperson, and suggest an alternative view: the development of a pattern language as a community endeavour. In terms of open education, the workshop model can be viewed as an open production process for developing educational resources, in our case design patterns. We propose a model of pattern elicitation workshops, in which collaborative development of a pattern language provides a framework for sharing design knowledge within interdisciplinary communities. This model was iteratively developed at five international conferences. It was then postulated as a design pattern itself, encompassing a series of practices and a set of supporting tools. We believe this model could be applied in a broad range of communities concerned with the development of open digital educational resources.}, added-at = {2011-07-18T16:00:30.000+0200}, author = {Mor, Yishay and Winters, Niall}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ac5f7552c7d03c7811c9ca8d2daac021/yish}, editor = {McAndrew, Patrick and Godwin, Steve and Okada, Ale and Santos, Andreia}, interhash = {800e0b69d33c32fb83ed450cfdfd1d0b}, intrahash = {ac5f7552c7d03c7811c9ca8d2daac021}, journal = {Journal of Interactive Media}, keywords = {}, timestamp = {2011-09-22T11:56:28.000+0200}, title = {Participatory design in open education: a workshop model for developing a pattern language}, url = {http://jime.open.ac.uk/2008/13/}, year = 2008 }