Encourages active, collaborative, and interdisciplinary learning

The co-created curriculum develops and encourages a sense of belonging, value, well-being, academic criticality, collegiality and pride between learners, communities and staff. Co-creation and interdisciplinary learning and networking enable practice in intercultural criticality and competence, norm and assumption challenge, active listening and question asking.

In embedding this principle, USW course teams reflect on questions such as:

• How are active, collaborative, and interdisciplinary learning experiences scaffolded within the course?
• What opportunities exist for student collaboration and choice in assessment?

Where this principle is fully embedded, these reflections will evidence a curriculum:

• Which promotes active engagement moving from discipline-focused learning to interdisciplinary/team-based learning, where students adopt different roles, question the assumptions of their discipline and develop intercultural competence, leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Where risk-taking (where appropriate) is valued, and learning from failure is viewed positively. Challenge-based learning demands students adopt a critically curious, active role and collaborate and network with others.
• Where the tutor’s role is that of a guide and facilitator of learning, empowering students to co-create the enacted curriculum, offering them choice in both content and assessment to reflect their active roles.

Watch this video to find out more (7m 21s) NB: The videos below were recorded in 2021. Since when, the participants have since moved into different roles at USW.