45 minutes Presenters: Wendy Johnston & Sally Ann Starkey, LJMU, and Mike Mounfield, Operations Director of Lu Ban Restaurant, International Academy of Chinese Arts and the Lu Ban Foundation https://youtu.be/xiK9b3nMyAs?si=UnVS-sWgRPvzhJCc&t=2750 Look back at Wendy Johnston, Sally Ann Starkey, and Mike Mounfield conference session who argued that to genuinely engage students in learning, the classroom environment… Continue reading 2022 ALN Conference: An appetite for change; authentic learning experiences beyond the traditional classroom
Category: Seminars
Idea #3: Designing a session: ‘A tool-to-think-with’
How do you approach planing for a teaching session? Check out Dr Éric Bel and Johanna Tomczak's their chapter in the '100 Ideas for Active Learning' book who introduce "a tool-to-think-with". Access the chapter here. Share with us Does this tool still look useful to you? Do you use something similar? Try it and/or let… Continue reading Idea #3: Designing a session: ‘A tool-to-think-with’
Idea #44: Haikus for learning
Students joining University encounter numerous different formats of writing that they need to become familiar with, such as essays, reports and more. A fun and active way to introduce students to the complexities of academic writing, such as word limits, different types of writings and how to use examples, is by introducing haikus - a… Continue reading Idea #44: Haikus for learning
Idea #42: The ‘Diamond Nine’: encouraging student engagement with graduate attributes
Engaging students with graduate attributes can be challenging. Students may see graduate attributes as high-level, generic statements and they may find it difficult to translate them for their academic subject. Dr Joy Perkins describes how by using the "Diamond Nine", an active learning strategy, staff can facilitate students' discussions, collaboration, and contextualisation of graduate attributes;… Continue reading Idea #42: The ‘Diamond Nine’: encouraging student engagement with graduate attributes
Idea #90: Would I lie to you? Engaging students with pre-learning
Engaging students with pre-reading or pre-learning can often be a challenge. This idea by Santanu Vasant offers a creative solution to boost participation. Inspired by the TV show "Would I Lie to You?", students prepare statements based on the pre-reading or pre-learning materials. These statements are then presented in class, where peers must determine whether… Continue reading Idea #90: Would I lie to you? Engaging students with pre-learning
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