Grant submission form: Submission form for Fall 2025/Spring 2026 Applications: Due Friday May 2, 2025
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Area of Emphasis (2025-26): Designing Patterns of Learning
How can we begin to design "patterns" of learning that can be adopted to many different kinds of learning contexts, depending on the needs of the course and the pedagogical models of the instructor? According to Diana Laurillard, good teaching can be designed within a 'conversational framework' that facilitates dialog between instructors and students. Processes that can be found in this framework are as follows:
Discursive process: The teacher introduces a new concept to the student, a dialogue begins between the teacher and the student, where each participant describes and redescribes their understanding of the concept.
Adaptive process: Students modify and adapt their actions based on the goal, feedback, and what they have learned through the discursive process. Similarly, teachers modify and adapt the task based on the discursive process with their students.
Interactive process: The teacher gives the student a task, the student completes the task and receives feedback on their performance. The student then modifies their actions to complete the task goal.
Reflective process: Both the teacher and student reflect on the interaction. They adjust their thinking on the concept and consider future actions.