I found this a thought-provoking, if not entirely convincing, account by University of Bristol PVC Tansy Jessop on WonkHE:
- personalise learning, with students working at their own pace and thoughtfully going back to material in their own time
- trigger a shift from content-driven curricula (the idea of ‘covering content’) to carefully structured and selective bite-sized lectures with engaging tasks which
- help students get to grips with concepts
- draw out different voices and invite questions from students who do not routinely contribute to discussion in face to face sessions – when done well, it seems to
- be more inclusive
- prompt student engagement, agency and autonomy
- take the focus off assessment and enable more learning through carefully designed tasks
- promote participation, writing, and an enduring kind of community.
Mark Carrigan 