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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy

Education is in a state of flux – transitioning from traditional architectures and practices to new ecologies of teaching and learning influenced by the tremendous social and technological changes of our times. What changes are afoot today in workplaces, civic life and everyday community life? What are their implications for education? What are the possible impacts of contemporary social transformations on teaching and learning - including in the areas of technology, media, globalization, diversity, changing forms of work in the “knowledge society”, and, in these contexts, changing learner needs and sensibilities? This course explores three pedagogical paradigms: “didactic”, “authentic” and “transformative” learning. It takes an historical perspective in order to define the contemporary dimensions of what we term “new learning”. It prepares participants to make purposeful choices and link particular theories/instructional approaches to individual and group learning goals. -------------------------------- Recommended Background -------------------------------- This course is designed for people interested in the future of education and the "learning society," including people who may wish to join education as a profession, practicing teachers interested in exploring future directions for a vocation that is currently undergoing transformation, and community and workplace leaders who regard their mission to be in part "educative." -------------------------------- Related Resources -------------------------------- Online resources are available here: https://newlearningonline.com -------------------------------- Join our Online Communities! -------------------------------- CGScholar (Create an account and join the New Learning community) https://cgscholar.com/community/community_profiles/new-learning/community_updates Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newlearningonline Twitter https://twitter.com/neolearning -------------------------------- Take this Course for Credit at the University of Illinois -------------------------------- This course has the same content and anticipates the same level of contribution by students in the Assessment for Learning course offered to graduate certificate, masters, and doctoral level students in the Learning Design and Leadership Program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Of course, in the nature of MOOCs many people will just want to view the videos and casually join some of the discussions. Some people say that these limited kinds of participation offer evidence that MOOCs suffer from low retention rates. Far from it – we say that any level of engagement is good engagement. On the other hand, if you would like to take this course for credit at the University of Illinois, you will find more information about our program here: https://ldlprogram.web.illinois.edu/overview/ And you can apply here: https://education.illinois.edu/epol/programs-degrees/ldl -------------------------------- The Learning Design and Leadership Series of MOOCs -------------------------------- This course is one of a series of eight MOOCs created by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis for the Learning Design and Leadership program at the University of Illinois. If you find this MOOC helpful, please join us in others! e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age https://www.coursera.org/learn/elearning New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy https://www.coursera.org/learn/newlearning Assessment for Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/assessmentforlearning Learning, Knowledge, and Human Development https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-knowledge-human-development Ubiquitous Learning and Instructional Technologies https://www.coursera.org/learn/ubiquitouslearning Negotiating Learner Differences: Towards Productive Diversity in Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/learnerdifferences Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies https://www.coursera.org/learn/literacy-teaching-learning Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media https://www.coursera.org/learn/multimodal-literacies

Status: Instructional Strategies
Status: Higher Education
BeginnerCourse15 hours

Featured reviews

BB

5.0Reviewed Oct 26, 2021

It's good to know new pedagogy. Thank you so much for this course for it had opened my mind into new learning.

SM

5.0Reviewed Jul 23, 2020

This course is excellent! The ubiquitous learning concept translates perfectly what we live nowadays.

AB

5.0Reviewed Jan 28, 2025

I sincerely thank the professors for this high-quality training, which provided me with a valuable and enriching experience ?

SC

5.0Reviewed May 13, 2020

This course is extremely helpful in framing pedagogy according to the transformative and reflective ideas

G

5.0Reviewed Feb 24, 2026

This topic is very insightful and help me understand better traditional learning and the use of technology in learning.

KM

4.0Reviewed May 3, 2020

Course is good. Could have added more of examples to make it much interesting

S

5.0Reviewed Jul 24, 2018

Thank you , Coursera Team for your great support when i was faced difficulty related to my course . It was a great help :) also i learned a lot new things about Learning

C

4.0Reviewed May 13, 2020

Really great course, a mix of different media types to learn from.enjoyable learning

LE

5.0Reviewed Dec 15, 2020

It's not an easy or no-brainer course. You'll learn a lot, however, and it's really interesting.

MS

5.0Reviewed Oct 21, 2020

Peer reviewed Projects/Assignments gave me a diversified knowledge of others opinions and improved my skills of writing essays.

ZK

5.0Reviewed Aug 11, 2022

Excellent instructors and course with detailed information of newer age learning to be employed by teachers successfully. Recommended.

SS

5.0Reviewed Jun 10, 2020

Very informative contents and have good interactive sessions! I enjoyed..will soon join another course ..

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