https://pedagogy73.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/fish-is-fish-why-stepping-out-of-the-classroom-brings-lessons-to-life/?page_id=51 I loved Lavanya Anbazhagan's post. Thanks for sharing your practice and retelling Lionni's story.
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Idea #47: Introducing the ‘unessay’
Look back at Dr Victoria Grace Walden use of the unessay in assessment design. Perhaps the most creative part of the idea is how marking criteria can be developed for multitude of potential submission formats. Access the chapter here Have you tried it? Walden, V. G. (2022). Using the ‘unessay’ as active co-creation of marking… Continue reading Idea #47: Introducing the ‘unessay’
Idea #8: Making flipped learning work
Flipped Learning is problematic when half the students turn up having done the preparatory work and the other half hasn't. Return to Fiona Stirling's great solution when she introduced us to the simple but effective sandwich model in the 100 Ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022), Access the chapter here Leave comments on… Continue reading Idea #8: Making flipped learning work
Idea #14: Students choose: Prepare an article, workshop, experiment, or lesson
Look back at this great chapter by Dr Alison G. Harvey when she explains module design can easilty incorporate student choice. Harvey explains how students can apply their knowledge in multiple ways in her short chapter in the 100 Ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022), Access the chapter here Leave comments on your… Continue reading Idea #14: Students choose: Prepare an article, workshop, experiment, or lesson
Idea #11: Using formative assessment to activate Chinese ‘quiet students’
Look back on this Chinese perspective of how 'quiet students' can be activated in this chapter by Zhuo Li in the 100 Ideas for Active Learning book (Betts & Oprandi, 2022), Access the chapter here Leave comments on your experiences using this idea/technique in your practice. Have you developed something similar? Li, Z. (2022). Using… Continue reading Idea #11: Using formative assessment to activate Chinese ‘quiet students’
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