#9: the theory of situated learning & using situated learning to describe a culture:

Situated learning is learning how to act in a group, learning from the experience and the situation not just knowing facts.
We learned that there are three topics in the theory:
1) Social construction: the truth is what people together decide is the truth.
2) Communities of practice: where learning happens, learning happens all the time and everywhere. meaning, practice, community & identity//share a common goal, shared repertoire & mutual engagement.
3) Competent and peripheral legitimate participants.
We applied this theory to our own experiences in DIS. We noticed that we were on the outside/legitimate peripheral participation at the beginning of the session and have worked our way to the center/full participation. With each new experience and uncertainty one can drift to the outside and once they get comfortable they earn the role in the middle.