May 9Collaborative Writing: A Powerful Teaching StrategyUse Collaborative Writing effectively with LAMS Table of contents Introduction Benefits of Collaborative Writing Examples of Collaborative Writing Success Stories using LAMS Conclusion Introduction Collaborative writing is a teaching strategy that involves multiple students coming together to create a written response. It can be applied in various educational settings and professions. Collaborative writing is…Collaborative Writing4 min readCollaborative Writing4 min read
May 4Inquiry-Based Learning: Empowering Students through Curiosity and ExplorationTable of contents Introduction What is Inquiry-Based Learning? How Does Inquiry-Based Learning Empower Students? The Inquiry-Based Learning Process Example of Inquiry-Based Learning in Action Challenges and Criticisms of Inquiry-Based Learning Conclusion Introduction Oh, it’s that time again! Today we’re going to talk about something that might pique your interest: Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL). Inquiry-Based Learning…Inquiry Based Learning7 min readInquiry Based Learning7 min read
May 27, 2021Colour, Symbol, Image thinking routineThe Colour, Symbol, Image routine’s core purpose is to enhance students’ comprehension, synthesis, and organisation of ideas in activities that involve the reading of, writing of, and listening to a text through the identification of the essence of key words and ideas. The routine -which was developed as part of…Lams4 min readLams4 min read
May 25, 2021Teaching Design Thinking with LAMSThe Design Thinking Process is a process for students to follow to enhance their understanding of the users or audience of a certain product or service, to challenge assumptions of those people, to redefine a problem to demonstrate their deep understanding of it, to create innovative solutions to that problem…Design Thinking4 min readDesign Thinking4 min read
Apr 26, 2021Peer InstructionPeer instruction is a structure teaching technique that allows students to examine their own and their colleagues reactions to a concept question. The process of reviewing one’s answer and compare it to others contributes significantly to the student learning as well as their engagement (Mazur 2012). How does it work? Students individually consider the…Peer Instruction3 min readPeer Instruction3 min read
Apr 20, 2021Teaching with Digital DilemmasTeaching using dilemmas can help students gain previously unseen perspectives, engage them in fruitful discussions and teach them a lot about different outlooks -but more importantly to empathise with others. Recently, I came across these Digital Dilemmas from Project Zero and use one these dilemmas -related to COVID-19 and education…Lams2 min readLams2 min read
Apr 1, 20213–2–1 BridgeThe 3–2–1 bridge thinking routine is an effective tool for students to identify changes to their thinking across a learning task, lesson or project. There are three core components to the strategy; reflection on initial thinking, reflection on new thinking and consideration of how thinking has changed or developed. The…Lams4 min readLams4 min read
Mar 17, 2021Teaching and Assessing Coding Exercises Made EasierLecturers at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) in Ireland have been using Team-Based Learning with LAMS to teach coding. Students usually would be given an exercise to write code a set of functions in Python. While lecturers were able to use essays questions for students to answer the coding exercises…Teach Coding1 min readTeach Coding1 min read
Mar 15, 2021Improving Mark Hedging support for Team-Based LearningMark hedging questions are a type of question in which students rather than selecting a single best answer, can spread or split the marks across all options available. While LAMS has implemented mark hedging in TBL as part of a research project in 2014 with the Engineering and Medical faculties…Lams2 min readLams2 min read
Mar 15, 2021Mark hedging & confidence levels in Team-Based LearningMark hedging questions are essentially MCQ question (Single best answer questions). The main difference is that when the question is rendered to the students, in the MCQ case, students are to select one single answer. …Lams3 min readLams3 min read
