A. Innovation Garden Overview & Strategy
This Book provides the strategic foundation, seasonal rhythm, and operational structure of the iLEAD Innovation Garden. It articulates the Garden’s mission, outlines the 18-month Innovation Cycle, clarifies leadership and RACI roles, and explains how iLEAD’s activities integrate with the iLRN Knowledge Tree and Immersive Futures Searchlight. It serves as the primary entry point for contributors seeking to understand how all Garden elements work together to cultivate evidence-based immersive learning practices.
1. Overview: What Is the Innovation Garden?
The iLEAD Innovation Garden is the practice-facing pillar of the Immersive Learning Research Netw...
2. Position in the iLRN Ecosystem (Garden–Tree–Searchlight)
2.1 The Knowledge Tree: Disciplinary Foundations The Knowledge Tree provides the conceptual, sch...
3. Strategic Purpose and Intended Outcomes
The iLEAD Innovation Garden exists to strengthen immersive learning practice across global contex...
4. The 18-Month Innovation Garden Cycle
The Innovation Garden operates on an 18-month cycle designed to provide continuity, predictable e...
5. Annual Activities & Engagement Rhythm
The Innovation Garden provides a coordinated set of activities that support creativity, skill dev...
6. Governance, Roles, and RACI Structure
The Innovation Garden operates through a distributed, community-centered governance model that ba...
7. Pathways for Participation (How to Enter the Garden)
The Innovation Garden is designed to be an open, accessible entry point into iLRN. Whether someon...
8. Operating Principles and Values
The Innovation Garden is built on a set of shared principles that guide how contributors design, ...
9. How Practice Feeds the Knowledge Tree
The Innovation Garden plays a central role in generating the practical insights, design approache...
10. Relationship to Conference Programming (iLEAD Stream)
The Innovation Garden is closely linked to the annual iLRN conference, particularly the iLEAD pra...
11. Related Codex Pages and Crosslinks
The Innovation Garden operates within a larger constellation of iLRN programs, document...