HCD.20:0.1 - Working Terms

Term	Meaning in this pattern
learning arrangement	The selected combination of individual and shared activity, people, materials, timing, help and observation for a bounded learning purpose.
cohort	The people admitted to one offer or period. Cohort size need not equal the size of any learning action.
task group	The participants who must interact for one bounded activity and result. Its size follows those actions and constraints.
peer circle	Relationships retained across episodes where continuity supplies a useful contribution. Membership can remain stable while task groups change.
individual contribution	The judgement, explanation, bodily action, coordination or other operation a particular learner must perform.
shared result	A work product or performance produced through several contributions. It may support learning but does not establish every member’s capability.
peak demand	The contributions needed in the same relevant time window, qualified by provider competence and access.