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Learning Journey

Skills development

Create meaningful learning experiences where students can nurture their real-life skills
Created by Pedagogy Team at FeedbackFruits
Learning outcomes:
Collaboration
Critical thinking
Prep time:
Intermediate (10-30 min)

Why this learning journey?

Learning journeys are multi-step course templates based on active learning for different target learning outcomes. This journey will help you with:

Develop real-life skills

This journey allows you to create authentic activities that support the transfer of several skill sets essential to students’ future careers: critical thinking, feedback delivery, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Scalable to all course modalities and cohorts

Whether it is online, blended, or in-person, you can always adapt this journey to your learning goals and course domains. Moreover, the use of technology allows for scaling to different class sizes: small, medium, and big student cohorts.

Streamline the entire assessment process

The use of technology to facilitate the journey helps faculties save time in multiple manual set-up tasks, from creating content engagement activities, assigning peer reviewers to designing feedback criteria and more.

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Journey steps

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STEP 1

Boost engagement and collaboration before class

Using the Comprehension tool, instructors create a reading comprehension assignment in which students work in groups to analyze the materials based on the annotated themes. This process enhances collaboration, and preparation prior to class.

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step 2

In-class small group and class discussions.

Students first work in their groups to discuss the common themes and questions arose during the comprehension activity. This is followed by a discussion among the entire class where instructors clarify the misconceptions.

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Step 3

Groups work on deliverables

Based on the input during the previous steps, groups work on a deliverable (writing report, presentation, research paper, etc.). The focus is on their collaboration and communication skill development.

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Step 4

In-class presentation

Each group presents their work in class and receives feedback from peers and instructors. This process helps develop oral communication skills and critical thinking.

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Step 5

Reflection on the collaboration process

To help stimulate self-regulation, accountability, and feedback skills, instructors design evaluation activities where students reflect on the collaboration skills of their group members and themselves based on a set of criteria. This process can be streamlined within Group Member Evaluation and Self Assessment tool.

• ASYNCHRONOUS • IN GROUPS • INDIVIDUAL
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Step 6

Teacher feedback on observed skills

Instructors provide students feedback on their presentation skills based on a rubric using the Skill Review tool. This allows students to set goals for where they aim to go, what that looks like and how they can achieve it.

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