1. HEA DISCUSSION GROUP – SESSION 1 Making Learning Happen A Guide for Post-Compulsory Education – 2 nd Ed. (2010) Phil Race 20-41

2. TOP 5 FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFUL LEARNING Which ones do NOT belong? 1. Wanting to Learn 2. Needing to Learn 3. Recalling information 4. Learning by Mistakes 5Making Sense of things 6Learning it the first time 7Learning by Doing 8Learning through Feedback Discuss towards agreement!

3. TOP 5 FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFUL LEARNING Which ones do NOT belong? 1. Wanting to Learn 2. Needing to Learn 3. Recalling information 4. Learning by Mistakes 5Making sense of things 6Learning it the first time 7Learning by Doing 8Learning through Feedback

4. WHICH FACTORS DO YOU SEE IN YOUR SS? Discuss with each other. 1. Wanting to Learn 2. Needing to Learn 3 Making sense of things 4Learning by Doing 5Learning through Feedback Do you agree with your colleagues?

5. 2 IMPORTANT FACTORS TO OPTIMIZE POSITIVE FEEDBACK TO STUDENTS 1Providing feedback VERY SOON AFTER student actions 2The feedback needs to be RECEIVED by the student, not rejected or dismissed. Share an example of how a student received your feedback or feedback from a classmate. -Was it fast feedback? -How did the student receive it?

6. THINK OF A STUDENT WHO: DIDN’T WANT TO LEARN OR COULDN’T SEE THE NEED Which course? How did you know he/she did not want to learn or could not see the need to learn? What did/could you do about that?

7. MOTIVATION Race suggests pointing ahead to: 1What they will be able to do when they have learned sth successfully 2What doors this may open for them in their future careers/lives 3How learning this bit will make the next bit achievable Do you think this works?

8. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WIIFM

9. WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME? = MOTIVATION Race suggests getting ss to DO SOMETHING THAT:  Is INTERESTING to do  Does NOT take LONG  Will CHALLENGE them but NOT SCARE them  May convince them to DO SOMETHING MORE soon Share an example of a class learning activity that a s opted out of. Think of a task that you could use to satisfy the above criteria.

10. RIPPLE NUMBER 5: COACHING, EXPLAINING, TEACHING How could you do this in your class? Give an example and explain how it would work. Race suggests we encourage our students to go beyond feedback by getting them to TEACH the new learning.

11. RIPPLE NUMBER 6: ASSESSING How could you do this in your class? Give an example and explain how it would work. What are the benefits? Race suggests we encourage our students to SELF-ASSESS or PEER-ASSESS their learning. 