In teaching we use different techniques and tools for making it interesting but how can we make it more innovative and creative?
To boost innovative learning experience in educational settings, all stakeholders have their roles to play. The stakeholders here refers to the teachers, the school management, the parents, and the students themselves. For instance, the teachers should be well equipped, highly skilled, and passionate about their jobs. In addition, they shouldn't be overwhelmed or pressurized by workload to be able to fully concentrate and give their best to help support innovative ideas in students. School management needs to have clear visions on innovative targets and means to achieve them. The parental roles are also extremely important to innovative learning. Parents need to be supportive, understanding and encouraging to their wards. Having said all, it's important to note that all the foregoing can only be of help when students have the zeal and passion for what they do. But in most instances they can easily get discouraged and tempted to give up on their ideas. That's where the push from all other stakeholders is very important.
Innovative learning environment includes
1. Subject matter expert (Should be clear in all concepts)
2. message (Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely
3. learner (should have interest in learning)
4. equipments and aids ( should be in working condition0
5. physical facilities ( proper ventilation, no noise from outside)
makes teaching-learning more effective.
In short, if you can then give real time examples which develop students thinking process toward the concepts and these will result in use of their personal skills for learning.
>Give them chance to think out of box and tell them to prepare your answers using creativity available and present in front of class.
>If possible then develop one to one connectivity with every students.
>Get yourself involved in teaching learning activity with passion which helps to acquire students attention.
> Many times use quizzes, puzzles, etc in class room discuss which also helps a lot to make class room creative and engaged.
To innovate a learning environment starts from the learners' context. Learner-centredness is one of the factors for innovation taking into consideration their cultural conditions, beliefs, practices. Lesson content, skills, attitudes, and values are made to be culturally-oriented.
I think this can be done by:
- Continuous update of the learning methods.
- Depending on practical techniques more than theoretical learning.
- Focusing on how making the students more passionate about studying and understanding new things.
This can be done by having a variety of learning activities and learning materials.
It can also be done by practicing collaborative learning where the students are also seen as key players in the learning process.
Hacer que las clases que desarrollemos tenga primero un elemento motivador, presentar situaciones o casos de la vida real, segundo el caso presentados los estudiantes realizan un trabajo colaborativo, tercero ellos presenten sus conclusiones y sus respectivas sustentaciones. No olvidarse que los materiales didácticos juegan un papel muy importante.
An innovative environment is one that is capable of evolving and adapting as educational practices evolve and change – thus remaining future focused. ... An innovative environment supports strengths-based teaching and learning. It offers students and teachers flexibility, agency, ubiquity, and connectedness.
There are many ways to create innovative ideas like, positive mindset,
Self-Reflection, Asking Open-Ended Questions, Creating Flexible Learning Environments, Personality Matters like Creating a place for all learners, use Problem-Finding, etc.
crear entornos de aprendizaje flexibles.. Lo nuevos no siempre es innovador..
An innovative learning environment could be created by finding ways and means to enter into a loving relationship with our learners. St. John Bosco father, teacher and friend of the young used to say that it is not enough to love the young but they have to feel that we really love them.
This means making our presence of only in the class room but being where ever they are.
Have you ever read Paulo Freire books? He was a famous teacher in Brazil that teaching read adult in 40 days. He saied that for all kind of teaching you need 2 things: meet the reality where you are and planning using community elements. If you want a new learning, make a diagnostic evaluation with your class.
I agree with Mutasem's sentiments. Indeed, an innovative environment supports strengths-based teaching and learning and offers students and teachers flexibility, agency, ubiquity, and connectedness.
By using the interactive lecture method to add some activity and interaction to the lecture and using simultaneous education once and asynchronously to eliminate the state of boredom among students, allowing students to participate in the lecture and express opinions and spread the spirit of cooperation between students through collective duties
Hi Nidhi
Thanks for your inquiry.
As a former academic senior University lecturer. I uncovered that student-led problem solving activities and varied interactive activities to enhance innovative learning environments for my students. Challenging the students with appropriate self-directed learning granted them opportunities to think outside the box and to uncover in-depth knowledge.
Dear Nidhi,
Thank you for initiating this valuable discussion. Our colleagues have addressed your question in their own ways.
My suggestion is that we ought to be asking what sort of a learning environment is the best one for learners and the society at large. I believe the answer to this is a culmination of inspired academic leadership, stimulating natural and built environment that hosts the academic institution, knowledgeable academics who guide their learners to question and think for themselves and learners who have a thirst for knowledge. Technology provides helpful aids...but none of those serves as a substitute for the human element in teaching & learning. I wonder what you think about my views!
Regards
Chandra
Innovative Learning Environment can be created with the strategies and techniques of engaging students in different and innovative techniques.
Dr Rajiv : here more important points
1. Teacher Clarity
When a teacher begins a new unit of study or project with students, she clarifies the purpose and learning goals, and provides explicit criteria on how students can be successful. It's ideal to also present models or examples to students so they can see what the end product looks like.
2. Classroom Discussion
Teachers need to frequently step offstage and facilitate entire class discussion. This allows students to learn from each other. It's also a great opportunity for teachers to formatively assess (through observation) how well students are grasping new content and concepts.
3. Feedback
How do learners know they are moving forward without steady, consistent feedback? They often won't. Along with individual feedback (written or verbal), teachers need to provide whole-group feedback on patterns they see in the collective class' growth and areas of need. Students also need to be given opportunities to provide feedback to the teacher so that she can adjust the learning process, materials, and instruction accordingly.
4. Formative Assessments
In order to provide students with effective and accurate feedback, teachers need to assess frequently and routinely where students are in relation to the unit of study's learning goals or end product (summative assessment). Hattie recommends that teachers spend the same amount of time on formative evaluation as they do on summative assessment.
5. Metacognitive Strategies
Students are given opportunities to plan and organize, monitor their own work, direct their own learning, and to self-reflect along the way. When we provide students with time and space to be aware of their own knowledge and their own thinking, student ownership increases.
I think there are a few pointers that go towards making an Innovative Learning Environment. There is no teachers book. The teacher must have passion and dedication to the subject and education, a belief in change and progress, imagination and creativity are critical for engagement and contribution. Learning takes place anywhere and everywhere. An environment that fosters care, understanding and empathy is vital. These are just some of my initial thoughts.
an innovative learning environment can be created by using the learning objects which are multiple and can be used according to the teaching area
Innovative environments can be created in face-to-face systems, remote systems, combined and multimodal systems (with a lot of assistive technology) and m-lerning. Innovative situations should involve planning of learning objectives, content, resources, assessment systems and communication systems, all of which are combined in formative learning situations. An important factor is that students feel encouraged, so that they become involved and are the main protagonists of their learning with sufficient guidance from their teacher to develop their ability to research, solve problems and make relevant decisions.
You can try the asynchronous debate for developing students' collaborative and critical thinking skills. I have much success with this strategy as shown in this resource:
Conference Paper Debating: A Dynamic Teaching Strategy for Motivating Student...
Deeper Learning: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MNrVVD0c1tePusgdexHm8EzTipJziwDF/view
Best,
Debra
Hi, The question was, How could we create an innovative learning environment?
So, my answer is summarize in the following. As a teachers we can create the mood and tone of the classroom. Positive classroom cultures that invite authentic learning can lead to more opportunities for students to positively connect with content, their peers and their teacher. There are some ways that we can create innovative learning spaces,
1- Personality:
We must create place for all learners. We have two types of learners, the introverts and extroverts. One of the critical differences between introverts and extroverts is that extroverts tend to get their energy from social interaction and introverts gain energy from quiet spaces and a time to think and reflect alone. When a classroom focuses on group work which emphasizes whole group discussions, small groups working together, gathering peer feedback all which require a great deal of social interaction, extroverts in the classroom can grow and gain energy, while introverted students can find themselves easily drained with a lack of motivation to participate. For example, when a project focuses on quiet reflection or individual research, the opposite is likely to occur. Introverts can then thrive and blossom, leaving extroverts to feel antsy and lost. They can also become easily annoyed or get in trouble for trying to get attention, talking, sneaking in on social media, and becoming disruptive. Teachers who provide activities that best engage, inspire and sustains students' love for learning are more likely to put in their best efforts, enjoy the process and find positive results.
2- The Mindset
A change in mindset, mood and overall classroom vibe begins with the teacher. The teacher sets the tone of the class from the minute students walk into the building. If educators are excited about their subject matter, students will tend to follow. Educators must have passion for the subjects they're teaching. Most teachers were trained to educate solely from the teacher's point of view. To change this type of delivery and make the classroom more innovative they need to think about their students as leaders too acting as guides rather than teaching content and asking students to spill out information on a standardized test.
3- Self-Reflection
Self-reflection in the classroom is a way for educators to look back on their teaching strategies to discover how and why they were teaching in a certain way and how their students responded. Self-reflection can offer teachers a critical opportunity to see what worked and what failed in their classroom. Teachers can use reflective teaching as a way to analyze and evaluate their own teaching practices so they can focus on what works.
4- Learning from Errors
Students need to experience failure to learn. When teachers provide real-world projects that give students problems to solve, they are offering a platform for students to learn from failure, step up again and again to eventually find success. Psychologist Janet Metcalfe states in her 2017 paper “Learning from Errors” that avoiding and ignoring mistakes at school is the classic rule in American classrooms. When we don't let students fail, we are most likely holding back not only individual student growth, but we are also holding back the entire education system.
5- Use Open-Ended Questions
Open-ended questions are questions without textbook answers. When educators ask open-ended questions, there can be various answers and points of view. Student answers can lead to strong collaboration, exciting conversations, new ideas, as well as encourage leadership skills. This practice can also help students realize potential they never found within themselves. Through open-ended questions, they can also make connections to their own lives, within other stories or to real-world events.
6- Use Problem-Finding
Instead of problem-solving, teachers can help students look at the world by finding gaps to fill using problem-finding. Problem-finding is equivalent to problem discovery. Teachers can use problem-finding as part of a more significant problem process as a whole that can include problem-shaping and problem-solving all together. Problem-finding requires an intellectual and imaginative vision to seek out what might be missing or should be added to something important. Using this strategy, teachers can provide students with the opportunity to think deeply, ask critical questions and apply creative ways to solve problems.
7- Create Flexible Learning Environments
Many classrooms today are still crowded, cluttered, loud spaces that lack the space to move around with ease, cause a gap in communication and lead to roadblocks when students need to concentrate.. So, learning spaces should be fluid and provide flexibility to support one-to-one learning, collaboration, independent thinking and group discussions. With various teaching methods, it’s essential for teachers to consider how to use their classroom space. As teaching has evolved, the classroom space must provide ways for students to work alone, interact with their peers and provide areas of collaboration.
Good resource
Burke, S. C., & Snyder, S. L. (2008). YouTube: An Innovative Learning Resource for College Health Education Courses. International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 11, 39-46.
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Augmented reality in teaching can take to next level of learning, the main aim is to increase the imagination power of learners.
Since innovative learning environment is the basic block of evolving and observing the educational practices, thus it demands to remain more focused. It demands learning based teaching and its evaluation. It demands flexibility and friendly atmosphere within the teachners and students.
A ello tenemos que agregar materiales educativos como los videos tutoriales del tema o contenido que enseñamos, para que el estudiante tenga medios de repasar y tenga esa flexibilidad horaria, dias, etc.
I feel innovative environment creation requires efforts from teachers and this change can be more easier if the administrators decide that is what they want for their students. It can then be uniform, otherwise individual efforts can bring change but not a paradigm shift.
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