Break-out group activities divide students into separate groups or pairs, usually followed by a plenary debrief.
This case study is from Dr Yijing Li, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Urban Science and Progress (London), CUSP London, Department of Informatics, NMES Faculty, King’s College London. She was awarded Faculty Teaching Innovation […]
This case study is from Francisco (Paco) Rodríguez-Fortuño, Reader in Physics at King’s College London. Paco teaches a core module on Electromagnetism to around 160 second year undergraduate Physics students. The format is flipped, which […]
This post is authored by Mariam Ghorbannejad, Learning Developer based at King’s Academy. She worked alongside Doctor Laura Gibson, Lecturer in Digital Content Management Education, who runs the Introduction to Digital Asset and Media Management […]
What is it? Visual organisers are ways in which material (concepts, facts, ideas) can be represented in a visual format. They have roots in Ausubel’s cognitive learning theory (Ausubel, 1960) and were originally known as […]
What is it? As outlined in ‘Creating safe spaces and brave spaces‘, university learning often involves encounters between students with different social viewpoints. If these discussions are overwhelmed with emotion, students will find it hard […]
What are they? Safe spaces came into existence to give people from a marginalised or persecuted group a way to meet, sometimes with political purposes, without having to defend themselves against prejudice or abuse. The […]
What is it? Forums allow students and staff to have a group conversation, with each participant posting their contributions at times convenient for them. Most posts are text-based, but often support images, links and even […]
What is it? Brainstorming is a method used to generate multiple answers or ideas. It encourages creativity and divergent thinking which can be used to solve problems or answer questions. It was popularised by Alex […]
What is it? The thinking hats activity originates from Edward De Bono’s (1985) Six Thinking Hats book about the process of lateral and creative thinking. It is largely associated with Business Management, but can be […]
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