Designing Educational Activities based on Learning Goals
So, I received this request from a friend and ex-colleague: Dear Red, I hope everything is good at your end. My department wants to improve the effectiveness of their educational activities, but our teachers cannot agree on anything. Some claim that learning from examples is most effective and propose more modelling and demonstrations. Others claim learning-by-doing is most effective and want more problem-solving and discovery-based learning. Yet others claim that simulation-based learning is the way to go and want to buy simulators and include roleplays. We have endless discussions. I know you are doing your MHPE and was hoping you could shed some light on these issues. Could you help us settle our disputes and explain which instructional methods are most effective? Looking forward to your response. Thanks, George Dear George, I reflected on this concern that you sent me. This is quite exciting as your faculty is actively getting involved in the decision-making