node Working in teams in the collaborative CB06.04.40 classroom
Lecturer: Faculty: Project: Keywords: | Professor Simon Darcy is redesigning his classes to take advantage of the new large collaborative space in Building 6 and the technological opportunities for learning it offers. What the project is aboutProfessor Darcy is introducing a more innovative research-inspired and industry-based practice in his postgraduate subject through integrative thinking. Moving away from the traditional lecture model into a more interactive multimedia-based learning framework, the subject is incorporating feasibility planning, experience development, business modelling, and design-thinking workshops. Why the project is being introducedProfessor Darcy found that the subject’s industry and research practices had outgrown the traditional lecture/workshop format and environment, and that more collaborative group work was needed to increase students’ understanding of the subject’s content. The project is being executed through:
The class of 80-90 students is divided into clusters of six to eight students in the pod-based groups. As the group is a combination of Australian and overseas students, Professor Darcy is randomly assigning the groups of students and changing them every two weeks to promote peer-to-peer networking and diversity in groups' ideas. Each two-and-a-half hour workshop will have a different format, but each one includes:
Professor Darcy says that this new format invites students to learn in a more professionally relevant way, compared to how the subject has been traditionally taught. Exploring further | |