Responsive Teaching is close to the goals and practice of what Thompson refers to as Agentic Learning. Can we view them as mirror images of the same process?
> Document Driven Design is a methodology we are developing within the Hitchhiker Academy.
My experience of most forms of alternative education practice around the world (Democratic Schools / Steiner Schools / Home Schooling practice) is one that emphasises project-based learning, and the joy and creativity that eminates from guiding that experience well.
Elements I find refreshing and new include: - Valuing Misconceptions and Radical Humility
With the new affordances of the age of augmented intelligence, I can imagine a future where the spirit of wiki, applied to social learning, finally takes off as a social practice.
For this important development to succeed, the medium must fully embrace rich media—audio foremost, with video and interactive simulations close behind.
> We imagine integrating the work of a new generation of coders as a natural fit for what we have called in the past the Plugin Architecture for wiki.
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What is the federated wiki and how might it be considered as a substrate for agentic learning?
Responsive teaching is unique because it centers on adapting to real student thinking, not just a preset plan. Its history is rooted in progressive and constructivist educational theories, but it has been formalized more recently. Criticisms focus on practicality, coverage, and the challenges of making it work well for all students.
Connectivism is a relatively new learning theory that suggests students should combine thoughts, theories, and general information in a useful manner. It accepts that technology is a major part of the learning process and that our constant connectedness gives us opportunities to make choices about our learning. It also promotes group collaboration and discussion, allowing for different viewpoints and perspectives when it comes to decision-making, problem-solving, and making sense of information. Connectivism promotes learning that happens outside of an i
Pedagogical Agents are animated lifelike software agents that operate in digital learning environments to interact with and support learners in a conversational style, mimicking the responsive one to one interaction that a learner may get from a human teacher edutechwiki.unige.ch 
In Science Fiction, a robot is often a machine that looks like a human or other animate being and can do what they do. When the fiction preceded the technology, there was often a human being inside the dalek.
What is teacher agency and why might it be important for increasing student engagement?