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Tag Archives: Active Learning
Being smarter than AI – rethinking our assessment design?
The discussion channels used by educational developers have been dominated by the topic of ChatGPT since the New Year. There are two dimensions to this: concerns over academic integrity and the opportunity ChatGPT and other AI tools bring to assessment. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Active Learning, Assessment & Feedback, Creativity
Tagged academic integrity, Active Learning, agency, AI, assessment, assessment literacy, authentic assessment, authentic learning, case-based learning, ChatGPT, currency, deduction, enquiry-based learning, inquiry, inquiry-based learning, nergotiated learning, open-ended, PBL, personaisation, problem-based learning, project-based learning, smart assessment, social, student-centred
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Ritual in the learning environment
In this post I explore what is meant by ritual in relation to the teaching and learning experience and, as we reset our post-pandemic classrooms, why we should care. Given that there is little obligation to care, beyond a notion … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Belonging, Co-operative pedagogy, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged acquiescence, Active Learning, affinity spaces, agency, being, Belonging, co-creation, collaboration, diversity, doing, habit, identity, liminality, non-formal learning, place, relationships, ritual, routine, Studio, studio for all
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Unified Active Learning – our commitment to #activelearning wherever and however we access learning
I am in reflective mode – it’s summer 2021 and in the West we’re trying to get over the pandemic, catch our breath, and decide what we value, what we have done, what changes will stick. It is both a … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place
Tagged Active Learning, blended learning, challenge, change, collaborative, design, ecosystem, hybrid learning space, identity, inclusivity, innovation, Learner Engagement, learning environments, pandemic, placemaking, space, teaching, UAL, unified active learning
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Transparency, turbulence, ambiguity and uncertainty in #activelearning
“One student’s safe uncertainty is another student’s chaotic nightmare.” (Orr & Shreeve, 2018) Based on research I conducted with others into student satisfaction of learning (Heaton et al., 2015), being clear with students about what is expected of them has … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Engagement
Tagged Active Learning, agency, art, becoming, being, Belonging, challenge, clarity, co-creation, co-operation, co-operative learning, communities of practice, connecting, Creativity, doing, embodiment, experience, experiential learning, formal learning, identity, Learner Engagement, learning, learning ecology, learning environments, motivation, non-formal learning, ontology, place, placemaking, Presence, scaffolding, self-efficacy, skills, space, Studio, studio for all, teaching, technique, technology, tutoring
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Photopedagogy and photovoice
Loopmans et al. (2012) observe that photographs incite public debate about place and community. When that public context is the university course and where there is a desire for learning engagement and community building, how can photography empower the learner? … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Innovation, Academic Innovation and Possibilities, Active Learning, BYOD4L, Creativity, Digital Placemaking, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Media-enhanced learning, photopedagogy, Smart Learning & BYOD, Social Media for Learning
Tagged Active Learning, agency, audio, audio-enhanced learning, Belonging, capture, co-production, community, connectivity, learner gatherer, learning ecologies, learning ecology, location, mobile learning, photo elicitation, photograph, photography, photomontage, photopedagogy, photovoice, place, portfolio, screen-based learning, smartphone, ubiquitous technolous, user producer
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Deviation and self-determination #activelearning
In a previous post I suggested that the art of teaching to an active learning philosophy is about creating loose structures so that each and every student has the space to bring their own knowledge, experience and imagination to their … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Creativity, Learner Engagement, Learning Space and Place, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Active Learning, assemblage theory, connectivism, constellation, curiosity, deviant, deviation, digital fluency, ecology, intrinsic motivation, learning ecologies, motivation, psyschogeography, self-determination, situated learning, spatial literacy, wander
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Vertical and horizontal learning networks: implications for #active learning
This presentation is useful for thinking about the difference between collaborative and co-operative learning. My interest in social media for learning, studio-based learning, and hybrid learning centres on how people work and learn together. They often return to ‘working alongside’ … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning, Co-operative pedagogy, Learning Space and Place, Social Media for Learning, Studio and Studio-based Learning
Tagged Active Learning, boundary crossing, co-operation, co-operative learning, Co-operative pedagogy, collaboration, competition, horizontal networks, hybrid learning space, joint enterprise, learning environments, place, Social Media for Learning, space, Studio, studio-based learning, vertical networks
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Conversation-based #activelearning – exploiting the differences between dialogue and debate
Active learning is essentially conversational – a ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ of ideas, whether this is a collaborative exchange or personal cogitation and reflection. Pedagogically, there is a lot to exploit here. I was recently involved in a discussion about the … Continue reading
Posted in Active Learning
Tagged Active Learning, active listening, argument, co-operation, competition, conceit, conflict, confrontation, conversation, conviction, crit, critical analysis, critique, debate, debrief, dialogue, exchange, fake news, ground rules, influence, inquiry-based learning, ipsative assessment, leadership, moot, mooting, pedagogy, persuasion, reflection, reflective learning, safe space, sport
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Learning walks with awe are good for you
Awe walks boost emotional well-being according to a recent study conducted by researchers from UC San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin. The study looked at the effect of a weekly 15 minute walk on adults in which selected walkers reported … Continue reading
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