INFINITY LEARNING MAPS – Infinity Learning

MAHERE AKO INFINITY LEARNING MAPS

Infinity Learn facilitators Brian Annan and Mary Wootton have developed the Infinity Learning Maps concept over a decade with many students, teachers, families, researchers and policy developers in New Zealand and across the world.

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Mahere Ako Infinity Learning Maps

Click on this link to read about THE CREATION AND IMPACT OF INFINITY MAPS.

Infinity Learning Maps provide a practical approach for teachers and parents to support students in fun and energising ways to analyse and improve their learning.

The approach merges the three sciences of learning-how-to-learn, teaching and positive psychology.

Teachers support students to draw pictures of how they see their interactions surrounding a learning situation. Students then create data sets from the pictures and analyse their data to identify areas for improvement.

Te Awhitu Infinity Map 1

Te Awhitu Infinity Map 2

Te Awhitu Case Study

These activities assist students to sort out relevant ideas buzzing around in their minds to the interactive web surrounding their learning. Go to this link to get a basic idea about what we mean by the interactive web:

Research by Annan, Annan and Wootton (2016) found that the linked activities of drawing, analysing and making changes to current learning situations typically,

lifts student confidence and achievement, and
motivates teachers and parents to rethink their respective support roles.

Enjoy exploring the case studies in this page about the positive stories attached to the Infinity Learning Maps approach. There are positive stories about students improving their learning, teachers altering the practices, leaders strategising and parents supporting their children.

1. Purchase

Purchase e-Guide Resource for Infinity Learning Maps

Interested in seeing how students can map out ways to improve their learning with support from teachers and family/whānau?

Purchase e-Guide Resource for Infinity Learning Maps and have access to the e-Guide and related resources that introduce pedagogy with greater attention on the student’s perspective.

The e-Guide provides 16 practical learning-how-to-learn activities with explanatory videos, templates and Google forms that develop a wealth of data to improve student learning.

Additional resources encourage you to go deeper into the thinking that sits behind the practical activities; the origin of the mapping, the underlying theory, the learning trends that emerge and research into the impact and value of the approach. The additional resources also link to positive support that students need as they navigate towards adulthood.

2. Options for making sense of the on-line resources

Option 1. Orientation

Talking with the creators, either from a distance or in person to fully understand the resources, will reduce sense-making and planning time considerably. Check out the orientation options below and contact Brian and Mary to set a date for your preferred option.

Infinity Learning Maps Orientation Options
Activity	Time	Number	Cost
Distance learning orientation session	One-hour	One-on-one	$150.00 + GST
Distance learning orientation session	One-hour	Multiple participants	$250.00 + GST
Face-to-face On-site professional learning session	Up to two hour session	Staff from one school	$600.00 + GST Plus travel costs
Face-to-face On-site Kāhui Ako, Cluster or District staff professional learning session	Up to two hour session	Staff from several schools	$1,000.00 + GST Plus travel costs
Face-to-face On-site Teacher Only Day (TOD)	Up to six hours	Staff from one school	$1,500.00 + GST Plus travel costs
Face-to-face on-site District, Cluster or Kāhui Ako Teacher Only Day (TOD)	Up to six hours	Staff from several schools with two facilitators	$4,000.00 + GST Plus travel costs

Option 2. In-Depth Option

Once you have oriented yourself to the Learning Maps e-guide resources, you can access a structured professional learning programme to achieve an in-depth understanding of the approach. Note this is a generic plan and can be tailored for distance or face-to-face learning sessions, and diverse contexts.

Infinity Learning Maps In-depth Option
Activity	Timing	Length	Cost
Seminar 1. Orientation	Term 1	1 day or 2 half days	$1500
Seminar 2. – Data analysis to identify learning trends and using maps in 3-way conferencing with students, teachers and parents	Late Term 1	1/2 day or twilight	$1200
Seminar 3. Learning Maps Trends for Map 2 & 3	Term 2	1/2 day or twilight	$1200
Evaluation – Positive stories	Term 3	1/2 day or twilight	$1200
Travel for Infinity facilitator	Terms 1,2 & 3	4 trips	To be negotiated
SUB-TOTAL			$5,100.00 plus travel costs
+ GST			15% of total
TOTAL			$5,865.00 Plus travel costs

Option 3. One-off Presentations

There are at least three ways to engage Infinity facilitators in your conference/convention/learning summit/professional association:

The first is for Infinity to introduce the concept of the mapping activities. This presentation will share the genesis of the approach and link the theory to the 16 practical activities in the Infinity Learning Maps e-Guide.
The second is to share findings as you are progressing with the approach. This presentation will outline learning trends identified from the student-led data bases. It will show how to engage in some intentional teaching and learning about the relevant competencies associated with the trends.
The third is for Infinity to outline the positive storying that can be created as an outcome of the mapping activities. More confident students will start to see themselves as positive learners. This presentation will explain how to support students to make their positive story explicit, for themselves first and foremost, and for their teachers, family and whānau.

Activity

Time

Number of participants

Cost

Conference presentation, Keynote

1-2 hours plus participation for one day

Unlimited

$2,000.00 + GST for one facilitator + travel costs

$4,000.00 + GST for two facilitators + Travel costs

Conference presentation, workshop

1-2 hours

Unlimited

$1,200.00 + GST for one facilitator + travel costs

$2,400.00 + GST for two facilitators + Travel costs

WHAT DOES THE SECTOR SAY ABOUT US

Secondary School Leader: Awesome PD today. Inspired, we have plans for implementing strategies in place and a collaboration space planned for us to share progress.
Primary Principal: Inspiring – thinking about our kids who struggle with behaviour and how much the process of mapping how they learn and talking about it will be help and in some cases heal.
Teacher: The professional learning session was engaging, inspiring, practical and realistic about teaching. Got a lot out of what student agency is and direction on where we can go from here.
Teacher: A new approach to help develop self-confidence, the ability to engage and connect and raise the achievement. The session was excellent, start of our ‘Teacher Inquiry.’
Parent: Infinity Maps have given my son and us a sense of ownership and belonging.
Student: Infinity Maps helped me be a more active, connected learner.