Five Fundamental Features of Modern Learning
There are five fundamental features of what is termed "modern learning". Students decide: What learning to work on Who to work with Where to work What platform to use to effectively complete their learning When to complete work. Lots of teachers find this scary, for many reasons. Some of the most common are: How will students decide to learn the right things? They won't. The students deciding what learning to work on doesn't mean they decide by themselves and teachers have nothing to do with it. Teachers need to guide students into it by giving them options of mini cross curricular projects to choose from, by co-constructing deep cross curricular projects for students to complete, and by skilfully guiding them towards AO's and LO's. What if students decide to always work with the same people? This relies heavily on the classroom culture. The classroom needs to be set up to be an inclusive environment. Students choosing different people to work...