Innovation in Learning and Teaching Sub Group

The power behind effective learning and teaching

Teresa Morell, Michèle Foucard, Raymond Van den Eynde, Sharon Gardiner, Christian Aertsens, Mona Heijl, Joan Archibald

What is Innovation in Teaching and Learning?

The extent to which you are able to produce something unlike anything done or experienced or created before or to what extent you are ahead of the times in utilising advanced teaching methods.

Initial Aims

Map out a range of learning and teaching strategies used by country

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using these strategies

Ascertain what obstacles exist Identify and exemplify instances of best

practice within given countries

Three Themes Identified in Reims

Interactivity Reflective Practice Information Communication Technology

Workplan

Develop a set of guidelines which focus on a range of innovative techniques and strategies to improve student’s learning.

Develop models of reflection to help teachers develop their own practice

Draw on technology to bring innovative ways to promote interaction.

InteractivityInteractivity is deemed to be action and reaction with another whether it be a person, a computer or the surrounding environment which lead to meaningful learning.

LTE Concept of Interactivity

Between teacher and student Between students Between students and course content In and beyond the classroom

With or without technology

Why Use Interactivity?

Adheres to the Constructivist cognition theory Respect diversity of talents and ways of learning Increases motivation and participation Develop communication Supports learner control/self-regulation Encourages collaborative and peer learning Breaks from the tradition one-way process Increases student achievement

Examples of Innovation

ICT Reflection – Think about the last learning

experience, what was good about it, what made it good. Discuss your experience with the person next to you

Learning Strategy

Learning Strategy- Buzz Group

Use to engage students Use to break up lecturers Use to introduce a topic Generates communication between students Group size more effective between 2-3 Can be noisy – Why it is named Buzz Group Only allocate short time frame

Summary

Innovation is personal Learning and teaching strategies will be

developed in line with our definition of interactivity and innovation in learning and teaching