The Interweaved Fabrics of Reality: Material, Social and Intentional
1. SoMobNet roundtable, London, 21 Nov. 2011 http://www.somobnet.eu/roundtable/ The Interweaved Fabrics of Reality Making sense of material, social and intentional space, patterned practices, and the implications for m-learning design Yishay Mor, IET, Open University
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6. (techno-pedagogical) Design… Christopher Alexander: “ The process of inventing physical things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function ” (1964, p.1). Middleton et al.: “ a subtle but complex interaction between the designer and contextual constraints … proposing the form of an artifact, system or process, which in turn drives its behaviour , which in turn can be compared with its desired function ” (2008, p. 22). Herbert Simon: “ everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into desired ones ” (1969, p 129).
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10. Friends Material Social Intentional Home Bedroom Bed Clock Corridor Kids’ room Stairs Kitchen Bread machine Me Wife Son Daughter Friends Football Team School Work Work Friends Colleagues Colleagues Me Wife Son Get to School On time Get to Work On time Make Sandwiches Prepare Talk
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12. Culture? Me Wife Son Born in Israel Raised in Israel Independent School (UK) Living in The UK Raised in UK Voluntary aided School (Israel) Bread Maker iPod, games, Jay Z CDs, books, Tinariwen Tie & Blazer Google: “ how to tie a tie”