Key questions to ask
1 . Students
- Who are your learners?
- What is their starting point? What are the
enablers and barriers to learning? - What outcomes do they need to achieve?
- What will they do to learn?
- How will you measure success?
2. Inclusion and diversity
- What do you want the student experience to
be? - How will you create a sense of belonging and bring students on a journey?
- What opportunities will learners have to draw on and share their own experiences?
- How will you embed wellbeing into the curriculum?
- How can you offer flexibility and choice to learners in achieving outcomes and demonstrating their learning?
3. Skills development
- What skills do students need to develop in order to learn effectively, build confidence and achieve their ambitions?
- How will you contextualise and integrate skills into the curriculum?
- What activities will enable students to develop and practise their skills, and prepare for assessment?
- What activities will you include to enable students to make their own discoveries?
4. Learning community
- How will you promote interactions with others and encourage learners to collaborate and find answers together?
- How are collaborative activities structured, to aid the collaborative process and keep students motivated to complete them?
- What support will students need before, during and after any collaborative activities or groupwork?
- How can you build a supportive learning community on a shared journey?
5. Tools and technology
- How will tools, technology and media be
integrated? - What tools and technology are students already using?
- Which tool or technology will serve your pedagogical purposes best?
- How will you ensure the journey for students is smooth and avoids overload?
April 2021