by admin_tony | Jan 3, 2023 | experiential learning, thinking tools
As they plan a session, good learning designers ask themselves: What do students have to know to make this lesson work? But what students have already been taught or already know in their subject may not be the most important thing at all. Take Experiential Learning,...
by admin_tony | Nov 5, 2022 | team-based learning, teamwork, thinking tools
‘ … offering students the opportunity to work in groups on projects or development, without also attending to process, has created a vacuum of responsibility’ (Brockbank and McGill, 1998.) Teach teamwork Teamwork needs teaching. No question. Leave learners to get on...
by admin_tony | Nov 23, 2021 | learning design, learning theories, thinking tools
In a previous post, we proposed that learning theories are key tools in every learning designer’s toolbox. There are many different theories that attempt to explain how learning happens, and no single theory is sufficient to fully grasp the complexity of...