Learning and Learners
Address the diverse needs of your students by exploring barriers to learning and innovative strategies to tackle them in context.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
Learning and Learners
Enhance your practice by understanding the diverse needs of students
Who are your students and what do they need? This short course will help you to explore these questions from both student and teacher perspectives, starting with an exploration of student diversity and the related implications for practice, then by examining your own teaching philosophy. You will be encouraged to think about students’ barriers to learning and identify innovative strategies to address them in your own contexts. Knowing your students, and how you approach teaching, are important steps to developing active learning experiences that elevate student engagement and attainment.
What topics will you cover?
- Your teaching context
- Learning theories
- Student diversity
- Barriers to learning
- Inclusive practice
- Your teaching philosophy
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Critically reflect on factors shaping practice in your context
- Critique your own practice in light of current learning theories
- Investigate barriers to learning and inclusive practices to address the diverse needs of students
- Articulate your own teaching philosophy
Who is the course for?
HE practitioners with diverse backgrounds, roles, responsibilities, experience and subject expertise who will be encouraged to discover and make connections between theories, their own practice and their students’ learning.
Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
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