To support teachers to adopt flipped classroom approach in their teaching, a Flipped Classroom Workshop Series is launched. In this workshop, two renowned guest speakers from Australia and Germany will share how they apply flipped classroom in two different domains: student employability and language learning.
Workshop Synopsis:
Prof. Juergen HANDKE’s workshop “Language Learning in the Digital Age”
Nearly all branches of public life have been introducing digital methods into their daily routines with one exception: teaching and learning. Teachers and learners of all levels have in many ways been stuck in 20th century teaching scenarios that by and large dispense with the principles of digitization. In his workshop Prof. Handke, one of the Germany’s leading experts of digital teaching and learning, focuses on language learning and linguistics and identifies the digital elements, scenarios and formats that not only solve numerous problems of traditional teaching and learning, but will also be beneficial in many ways. Using an integrated model of digitization he also shows how new digitized course formats and modern techniques enrich teaching and learning and lead to more individualization and higher degrees of flexibility.
Prof. Dawn BENNETT’s workshop
“How to strengthen Students’ EmployABILITY through a Flipped Classroom Approach”
Employability is far more than the ability to get a job. Defined as students’ cognitive and social development as capable and informed individuals, professionals and social citizens, the development of employability is the responsibility of educators, students and leaders. How, then, do we engage students? Using the flipped classroom approach, this workshop addresses how to use a flipped classroom to engage students and to overcome limited class time, expertise and resources.
Participants will learn:
How to expose students to their employability development through an online, self-assessment profile tool;
How to incentivise students to engage with their employability development through resources and career stories;
How to assess students’ understanding of their self- and career-development through assessment tasks and research data; and
How to administer activities that engage students in their cognitive and social development as capable and informed individuals, professionals and social citizens.
Workshop leader Professor Dawn Bennett directs the Australian employABILITY initiative, which engages students as partners in their developmental journeys by creating a better understanding of students’ thinking as aspiring professionals. This cognitive approach aligns employability development with both the purpose of higher education and the future of work.
The workshop utilises the validated Literacies for Life (L4L) measure, which combines six, inter-related literacies to enhance employability and inform personal and professional development.
For more information on the initiative, visit the educator or student sites below.
