Introduction Today’s topic will give you the opportunity to think about learning through Production, to help you consider how you could enrich and motivate learners to consolidate what they have learned and how they used it in practice. Learning through Production can have many important benefits for learning. First of all, it encourages creativity, activity…Continue Reading 10: Production
Day 5: Involving the students (part 1)
Yesterday, we looked at allowing students to see what others have created for their assignment – how about extending this to getting students to set quiz questions for each other – Today, we have a guest post by Dr. Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel. about that. An evidence-based strategy that promotes retention of taught material and fosters understanding…Continue Reading Day 5: Involving the students (part 1)
Day 5: Involving the students (part 2)
In part 1 of today’s post, we thought about encouraging students to develop quiz questions. Yesterday, we looked at allowing students to see what others have created for their assignment – but what about extending this to allow (require!) peer marking, or perhaps getting students to start looking at how they’ll be graded. We have…Continue Reading Day 5: Involving the students (part 2)
Day 4: Increasing the audience.
Over the last 2 days, we’ve looked at the typical type of assessment, in that the only audience for the work are the marker and the moderator. However, in most workplaces, there’s an expectation that a wide range of people will see individuals outputs, whatever they are. In some subjects, this is already done extensively;…Continue Reading Day 4: Increasing the audience.
Day 3: Working in groups.
Yesterday, we thought about tools that can allow individuals to present their work in varied ways; when we start to think about groups, it becomes the way they communicate between themselves. We’re still thinking about the type of model where work is private to the particular group (tomorrow, we’ll be starting to think about opening…Continue Reading Day 3: Working in groups.
Day 1: Innovation in assessment.
This week, we will be looking at innovative approaches to assessment – particularly (though not exclusively) those involving technology. Many staff are already starting to use tools such as Turnitin, Questionmark and My Dundee’s assignment tool for online submission / grading, but this week we’ll be looking at other tools, both those that we have…Continue Reading Day 1: Innovation in assessment.
Day 5: Reflection – and moving forward
Today, Sandra asks us to reflect on the week – in a creative way. While the Tower provided a good place to reflect and think over a coffee this morning, I didn’t have very many items with me to be creative in the way she suggests, and, I don’t really have the time today, as…Continue Reading Day 5: Reflection – and moving forward
Day 2: Playing
In the second #creativeHE post, Chrissie encourages us to start to think about play within the classroom asking, “Is there a place for more inquiry-based learning, play and games in higher education?” I can give one example of what I’ve been involved with, though I’d question whether or not I could really call it a ‘game’…Continue Reading Day 2: Playing
Day 1: Design a game!
Today’s #creativeHE activity is to design a game to help students with induction. If you caught the announcement they made on Friday (I’m afraid I didn’t) you’ll see they suggested that you collect lots of (clean) recycling. For the rest of the week, the outline (shared in Friday’s post) is Day 1 Creative induction, introductions:…Continue Reading Day 1: Design a game!
