Where to start to innovate your teaching? But before that, what does it mean to innovate in the classroom? Designing Learning Innovation aims to put the designing culture at the service of learning innovation, supporting those who do not have a specific pedagogical background and those who wish to learn the basic tools of a good teaching design then to continue exploring the frontiers of innovation.



Designing Learning Innovation: an introduction



Instructors: Susanna Sancassani
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Basic theoretical-methodological tools such as Constructive Alignment and the Learning Innovation Network
Pedagogical frameworks of the active learning methodology
New assessment strategies
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There are 4 modules in this course
The topic of this first week “Why should we carry out Learning Innovation” explores the concept of Learning Innovation and the reasons behind it, trying to find an answer to the question: “why should we need to innovate our teaching?”
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3 videos8 readings2 assignments3 discussion prompts
In this second week we will look into the topic of Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) and their key role as a guide in the process of designing teaching experiences. We will start from the Constructive Alignment theory to then analyze the Dublin Descriptors and Bloom’s Taxonomies, useful in helping us to create a richer plan for the Intended Learning Outcomes.
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4 videos7 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts
The topic of this third week is Assessment of the teaching and learning experience.
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6 videos11 readings3 assignments2 discussion prompts
In this fourth week we will consider the pedagogical frameworks and their potential use when designing learning innovation.
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9 videos11 readings4 assignments2 discussion prompts
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