29 augustus 2022
#dariahTeach Platform
Since its launch in 2016, more than 70 scholars and practitioners have developed content for #dariahTeach. From developing new courses and translating existing ones to writing up case studies, and contributing videos. Many other academics have used #dariahTeach in the classroom. The #dariahTeach platform offers many opportunities: lifting the barriers of knowledge access and the boundaries of time and distance. Resources can be adapted, reused, and be made part of new practices. Some ways to make use of the resources: • Based on the principle of the "reversed or flipped classroom", have students study units of the online course before the meeting with teachers for hands-on sessions where they put the knowledge into practice and get feedback. • Integrate the resources into your regular teaching, at graduate and post-graduate level; e.g., by assigning to students units, videos, and quizzes. • Provide learners the opportunity to go through the material at their own pace, combined with a moment of reflection by incorporating quizzes and exercises that deal with both the methodological and the theoretical dimension of the subjects covered, e.g., in the case of a course on 3D visualisation that is available on the platform. • Have students learn about Design thinking and maker culture and at the same time put the topic of user-centred design into practice by inviting them to create learning materials: a student-led group project and a series of interlinked blog posts on the same topic. Student feedback indicates that they learned as they were designing and making, and that the non-linear and multimodal structure of the course facilitated such self-directed and iterative learning processes. Note: the teaching modules are not prescriptive. They are modular structure with different units providing resources and inspiration, opening up rather than limiting potential use and applications of content.