Learning opportunities

This section asked students (i) whether they had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth, (ii) how well the course built on prior learning, (iii) whether students had the opportunity to synthesise information and ideas from different topics, (iii) whether there was balance between directed and independent study, and (iv) how well the course developed knowledge and skills for their future. The resources here will help you reflect on how improvements could be made in these areas.

  • Enquiry based learning enables students to explore topics of interest at depth.
  • Research-Connected Teaching On-Demand Course outlines how you can build critical understanding of research and inquiry into your course, enable students as producers of research, and consolidate research-connected teaching into curricula.
  • Capstone projects provide opportunities for students to synthesise information from different topics.
  • Group work (select the Group work & collaboration theme) can support students to study a topic in depth, synthesis information and work independently in collaboration with other students developing important life and employability skills.
  • Open Educational Resources On-Demand Course introduces you to how OERs can be used guide students in independent study and supplement course learning materials and opportunities across topics.
  • Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) enables students to develop competencies (knowledge, skills, attributes, values) to engage with complex sustainable development issues.
  • Digital story telling is an effective approach for students to research and synthesise information and to develop communication skills.

Case studies

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NSS Support Resources from the Centre for Innovation in Education by Author: Nick Bunyan, Dr Sam Saunders, Dr Claire Ellison and David Watson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.