Week 4 Reaction

Designing for the use of acting learning strategies is a large part of what I do at Purdue. Through the IMPACT redesign process, I have found that I prefer active learning activities in the areas of Adaptive, Productive and Experiential. This is probably because they lend themselves very well to a PBL approach to learning and my constructivist thinking.

Designing truly adaptive content is very difficult and time consuming. It usually involves the use of outside sites or simulations, but if you think a bit outside the box, even some video games can become adaptive content.

As we enter summer vacation for my kids, I am thinking about a comment I read the other day saying we should make the school year more like a summer camp. Students love to go to camps.....why? Because they are DOING, not listening, and they have freedom to pursue their passions. If we can bring some of those productive and experiential activities into any learning environment, we can make better use of the benefits of engagement. 

Now how to do it.......