HUM-279 Learning and collaboration in project

Summary

This course addresses the theoretical and practical basis of learning and how to facilitate learning through projects. Active exploration of models, contexts and tools used in project-based learning will help you to develop cognitive and collaboration skills applicable to any project-based context.

Content

Complex problem solving relies on both our cognitive (perception, attention, decision making, etc.) and collaboration skills, in addition to our technical knowledge.
This course provides you with a solid foundation to optimize your own learning through projects. Overall, the goal of this course is to introduce you to both the opportunities and challenges of experiential learning and to equip you with specific skills and strategies to enable you to effectively facilitate your learning in project settings. Specifically,

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

  • Theories of learning (ie Dewey, Kolb, Lave and Wenger, and Hattie)
  • Social scientific research on the development of 'expertise' and its relevance for designing PBL experiences (Ericsson)
  • Collaborative learning
  • Cognitive biases (Kahneman, Project Implicit)

PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

  • Models and barriers to team communication (Pennington)
  • Teamwork and collaboration models + barriers (Tuckman)
  • Models and strategies for decision-making and creativity (convergent and divergent thinking)
  • Facilitation models/roles in projects/teams: group development, conflict resolution, roles, person external or internal to group (POGIL, Belbin, Rogers, Lewin)

Keywords

Teaching, Learning, projects, teamwork, communication, project management, project-based learning, collaboration, cognition, transversal skills