{"id":2243,"date":"2018-01-09T09:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T09:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/learning-technology\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:46:29","slug":"ceios-active-learning-what-does-it-mean-for-cardiff-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/ceios-active-learning-what-does-it-mean-for-cardiff-university\/","title":{"rendered":"#CEIOS: Active Learning – What does it mean for Cardiff University"},"content":{"rendered":"

#CEIOS Events are organised and run by the CEI Team<\/em><\/p>\n

The second event in the #CEIOS series, explored the theme of active learning, and what this means at Cardiff University. Some of the questions the event sought to answer were; What does active learning mean? What are the benefits and possible drawbacks for staff and students? What is design for digital learning? Are we encouraging students to take an active part in lectures and seminars? <\/em><\/p>\n

My \u2018active learning\u2019 journey started with finding guest speakers and good-practice examples happening here at the university. I contacted Elizabeth Ellis<\/a> from the Open University whom I\u2019d seen presenting at the JISC\u2019s Digifest conference (watch her debate here<\/a> or read a blog post here<\/a>).\u00a0 Liz has vast experience in engaging students in design for digital learning, and she was very happy to contribute to our event. You can read more about her perspective on partnering with students in learning \/curriculum development here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My next step was to find an academic who has been actively involved with students to create valuable resources that have made a real difference. Some Schools have more experience of adopting active learning approaches than others and there are some excellent case studies, students’ remarks<\/a> and resources<\/a> on the Learning Hub<\/a> of practices here at Cardiff University. \u00a0I came across Dr Kate Gilliver\u2019s approach and I didn\u2019t hesitate to contact her. I also invited one of Dr Gilliver’s students, Georgie, to share her experiences from a student\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

On the day we heard about two active learning approaches – blended and flipped learning.<\/p>\n

Liz started her presentation with a provoking question \u2013 are we optimists or pessimists about co-design and co-creation with students? She talked us through the process of getting students directly involved with curriculum design, working with them in partnership. She also highlighted some of the challenges of active engagement, one of which was time<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Dr Gilliver\u2019s main points and insight was the upfront time investment needed to create recordings as part of a flipped learning approach and the benefits of adopting this approach. She found the whole process of getting the students actively involved very rewarding and stimulating.<\/p>\n

Georgie’s reflections on flipped learning highlighted how it improved interaction with her peers, resulted in increased contact hours, and helped her to identify the right questions to ask.<\/p>\n

All three presentations have been captured and you can access the recording here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Update<\/h4>\n

I hope that after this session many of my colleagues will feel like they want to explore active learning approaches in their own teaching. The CEI Team<\/a> is the frontline central support for all staff at the university who wish to embark on the journey of active learning.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, with the new strategy to come into force this year, now is a perfect time to focus our efforts on providing outstanding and high-quality teaching, to enhance learning and to inspire students wanting to learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#CEIOS Events are organised and run by the CEI Team The second event in the #CEIOS series, explored the theme of active learning, and what this means at Cardiff University. […]","protected":false},"author":1207,"featured_media":2247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[371],"tags":[307,306],"custom_author":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-education","tag-ceios","tag-active-learning"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":2243},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KqgK-Ab","meta_box":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2018\/01\/Active-learning-image-medium.jpg","pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}