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Method: Learning Arches
A planning and visualization tool for designing holistic, experience-based learning sessions in three phases: Set, Hold, Land.
1. Pre-Session Analysis (5 min):
- Identify your learners: backgrounds, needs, goals.
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Define learning targets: knowledge, skills, and mindsets.
- Note logistical constraints: space, technology, materials.
2. Partner & Brainstorm (5 min):
- Pair up. Individually write ideas for a 45-minute session-the topic, activities, and outcomes-on sticky notes.
3. Idea Exchange (5 min):
- In pairs, share your notes. Highlight the most compelling ideas and agree on one concept to develop, drawing from your methods & materials toolkit for inspiration.
4. Drafting Your Arches (10 min:
- On a shared sketch, draw a large arch across a time-axis (x-axis) and action-axis (y-axis).
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Set: Plan a check-in that orients learners and clarifies expectations.
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Hold: Map interactive, co-creative exercises and dialogues that pursue your core objective.
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Land: Design a reflective check-out to consolidate insights and close the experience.
- Break the main arch into mini-arches for sub-activities if needed.
5. Plenary Reflection (5 min):
- Each pair briefly describes their arches. Reflect: What insights emerged? Which challenges did you face in balancing flow and depth?
Cultural & Contextual Sensitivity:
Learning Arches thrive when they honour diverse learner identities, access needs, and power dynamics. Invite multiple modes of participation, use locally resonant materials, and co-design check-in/out rituals that respect cultural traditions and neurodiverse processing styles.
Inspired by Simon Kavanagh