CEEBL Postgraduate ONLINE Workshop

for

ENQUIRY-BASED LEARNING

Enrolment for this 6-week course will start on 19th February 2010.

The workshop

Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) is often used in tutorials and other small groups to increase student enthusiasm and participation, and has been shown to lead to better learning outcomes. The tutors’ role in EBL is as a facilitator, setting goals and providing exercises to enable students to complete a given task. The online workshop allows you to work toward developing your skills as a teacher and facilitator over a longer period of time (6 weeks, including the introductory week starting on the 10th of September) than just a one half-day session; it also means that you have a chance to read some significant essays focused on EBL as a pedagogical practice, as well as get more experience with the theory of EBL in both assigned and suggested readings. In addition, in the discussion sections, you will have a chance to share your own ideas, as developed in reflective essays, with fellow students. Although there will be no formal assessment for your work, you will receive significant feedback on your essays from the tutor(s), as well as have opportunities to explore other ideas related to your teaching. This online component can be taken alone or in conjunction with the other three face-to-face workshops.

Who should attend?

The workshop is specially targeted to postgraduates and other GTAs who run tutorials/small group exercises and who want to improve their skills as facilitators. No previous experience of EBL is needed – just a willingness to do some reading, writing and sharing of reflective essays about teaching and engagement, as well as participating in online discussions.

What you can expect

This workshop will provide some practical training on how to design and deliver EBL-style exercises and activities.
It will demonstrate the effectiveness of EBL as a teaching method and encourage you to use it effectively in your own teaching.
It is structured around the EBL process itself – and includes a focus on small group work, facilitation, and independent, as well as collaborative learning.
An offer of a certificate of completion if you satisfactorily finish the assessed (formative) component of this online workshop, as well as attend the three face–to-face sessions (the session on triggers, our general facilitation workshop, and a third on effective communication in small groups).

How to enrol ?

Enrolment date will be confirmed shortly.

Contact Frank Manista (frank.manista@manchester.ac.uk) stating your name, email-address and student username to register your interest in this course.

Please note, the course is open only to the first 20 students.

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