Monday, 25 November 2013
Personalising the learning
Using a combination of my Google Rotation method and FLIP learning students have been given much more freedom to personalise their learning in groups, pairs and as individuals. I try to give students list of things they can do at each stage of the rotation and for homework. Sometimes I need to give suggestions of what could be done / or roles taken within a group. However I prefer students work towards being agents of their own learning by giving them the power to select and design tasks and tools to achieve the learning outcomes (both cognitive and cognitive). As students cycle through the rotation it is fascinating they are able to create their own pathway to learning. Of course there are times when this does not happen but these issues can be picked up using "observations from a far", the Google Forms and during the teacher talk sessions. Students are also required to share their strategies during the transition times. I have tried to build as much flexibility into the playlist, where ever possible students can work through in the order they prefer trying to move away from a teacher imposed linear model. The playlists also have supplementary material which students can access if they wish to work towards a greater degree of mastery in the areas they or their group would like. Short YouTube videos are very useful I like to give each group in the rotation and different video to review and then share their reviews in a VLE or BLOG for the other students.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment