Learn how introducing students to design thinking and methods, including scenario building, in an active learning approach that combines critique and creativity, can help develop skills for solving real-world problems - in this chapter by Prof. Anke Schwittay, in the 100 Ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022), Access the chapter here Share with us… Continue reading Idea #7: Designing back from the future: building scenarios to engage students with global challenges
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Idea #43: Using role play to explore professional situations for practice-based courses
Are you interested in preparing learners for practice? This chapter by Sue Pinnick, in the 100 Ideas for Active Learning (Betts & Oprandi, 2022), focuses on the use of role play to help learners explore ideas of professionalism in different scenarios to prepare them for work-based settings. Access the chapter here Share with us Leave comments… Continue reading Idea #43: Using role play to explore professional situations for practice-based courses
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 #29: The new Journal Club: a student-led discussion
Interestingly the Journal Clubs are a great way to critically engage with the published literature and keep abreast with the forefront of fast-moving disciplines. When done within the scientific community, they require all to come to the session having read the article and prepared to ask questions, show scepticism, share knowledge and critically analyse claims… Continue reading Idea #29: The new Journal Club: a student-led discussion
Idea #4: The Be ACTIVE Framework
Are you looking at the Be ACTIVE Framework? It is a theoretical, structured, exploratory framework that aims to guide and support, in a stepwise manner, all those who teach, in the planning, implementation, evaluation and improvement of active learning in their everyday teaching practice. Look back at this chapter in the “100 Ideas for Active Learning”… Continue reading Idea #4: The Be ACTIVE Framework
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