The Board Room
The Board Room is an example of GLO integrated learning activity Subject code / Subject MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture GLOs taught Professional practice – through ‘board room’ meeting/discussion...
Short and Small Strategies
Here are a number of ideas that could be used as a quick intro to a topic to get students thinking, as a way to break up a lecture...
Experiential or Activity Based Learning
Broadly speaking, experiential learning is learning through doing – the learner is an active participant in the educational process, not a passive witness to it. The content, idea or...
Pro and Con grid
Time requirements: 15-20 minutes Special features: This technique helps students develop analytical and evaluative skills, and encourages them to go beyond initial reactions to complex issues. It can be...
Guided Analysis
Time requirements: 30-50 minutes Special features: This technique helps students develop their analytical skills in any field by observing your analytical skills in action. Procedure Select a document (a...
Role Play
Time requirements: 20-30 minutes Special features: Role-plays can be used to allow students to experiment with different styles of interaction, practice new communication techniques or explore complex issues. They...
Debate
Time requirements: 15-25 minutes Special features: Debates can be formal or informal: what follows is about informal debates (i.e., debating as a method of class discussion). See Bean (1996)...
Field Trip
Time requirements: At least 50 minutes; preferably a couple of hours Special features: A field trip can be especially interesting for students and instructors, and it facilitates some types...
Case Study
Time requirements: 20-50 minutes Special features: The case-study method was pioneered at the Harvard law and business schools. Business and law cases tend to be very detailed and long,...