Module 4
Student-Centered, Project-Based, and Team-Based Learning
1. Overview & Objectives
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Estimated time to complete Module 4:
~8 hours
Video Overview of Module 4
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Topics
- Learning through discovery: student-centered and project-based learning
- Learning through interaction: peer instruction and discussion- and team-based learning
- Exploring technologies that support engaging and productive online conversations
Objectives
- Recognize the close relationship of learner engagement and motivation to task frequency, format, variety, complexity, and reward
- Identify the key elements of student-centered and project-based learning, recognize the benefits of the ensuing learning-through-discovery, and identify practical ways to nurture such learning in the online environment
- Recognize the learning and time-management benefits of online discussion activities, group work, peer instruction, and instructor feedback during the assignment-drafting process
- Compose discussion-based and other learning activities that incorporate the strategies introduced in this module
- Participate in asynchronous online interactions, in low- and high-stakes contexts
- Get acquainted with VoiceThread, a tool that facilitates online conversations around media (e.g. images, videos, presentations, documents, etc.)
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