As part of the Spring Session, here are some starter questions for on-campus discussion, anyone want to provide some perspectives on any of these. (please include the Qu in your comment):
- Considering the needs of our students and the demands of the workforce, what key skills should we try to develop through the use of authentic activities?
- How can we adequately gauge the types of activities that students want in the classroom? Are there ways to solicit advice from our students?
- When working with faculty to implement authentic learning experiences, what key concerns should be addressed?
- When considering the implementation of an authentic activity, what partners should be brought into the initial planning process?
- Considering those partners—and potential roadblocks ahead—what key questions should we address during the planning process?
- How can we help faculty move past their initial fears when considering these activities? What arguments support the use of authentic activities in class?
- What does assessment look like in an authentic environment? What needs to be taken into consideration?
3 comments:
a couple of brief ideas to start with:
q1 - what key skills? - interested by recent conversations with staff at shu about the difference between groupwork and teamwork skills (where teamwork focusses more on the process and dynamics, and maybe more transferable than groupwork skills?).
q2 - what activities do students want? - difficult one this (aren't they all!) - while some students might be very aware of the type of skills they want to develop, articulating this and/or getting to a shared understanding might be difficult. also, are the considerations different for different types of courses, and/or depending on students' future plans/ideal destinations - assuming they know what these are?
(sorry - more questions rather than answers!)
thanks liz (i think) some good starting points, I'll forgive the extra questions after all I'm not going to try to answer them (yet!) just feed them into the discussion and let brighter people have a go!
Yes, I think these questions are excellent, but how usable are they? Very good for AI discussion for starters. Thanx for team vs group bit Liz - not encountered this b4
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