‘Discussion enables students to find expression for their own thought, to have it challenged, to place this new idea in relation to the first, and
Month: January 2021
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: How to create them, align them, and benefit from them
Over time and experience, you have developed an extensive schema related to your area of expertise. It is what makes you an expert in the
PEER assessment – advantages and caveats
My university has begun a trial using a peer assessment tool, so I thought it would be a good idea to explore the research around
Forget about creativity – mostly
The utopian dream of every student in education entering the workforce as a creative critical thinker is likely to never go away. The sentiment is
Course design as a research project
How to get more buy-in to teaching and learning from time starved research academics Higher education is a complex setting. Attracting top quality researchers into
A Different Kind of Model
One of Vygotsky’s central tenets was that the learner’s mind develops by initially observing a more capable adult or peer engage with a topic or
