Defining learning goals
Learning goals Help to design appropriate challenges Low level of granularity (relatively quick time to achieve) Consider what you want the student to be able to do Ideally should be SMART Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timely
For example… Use online reading lists. Reading list messages. Plan a simple search strategy to find information for an assignment. Recognise good and poor quality information. Evaluating true and false statements from web sites
Developing Learning Goals Individually, write down 3 key learning goals (10 mins) In pairs, review and refine each others’ goals and discard any duplicates (10 mins). Continue doubling up until there is one group and a single set of goals (20 mins). Write final set of goals on a flip chart.
Creating challenges
Exploring InfoSkills challenges Go to In pairs, you have 20 minutes to complete as many InfoSkills challenges as possible
Developing your own challenges Get into small groups (2-3 people) Select a learning goal For that goal try to develop a challenge that would work in an ARG Be as creative as you like and be prepared to test your challenges with the whole group
Things to think about… Type of challenge Individual or group? Online or offline? Timing – how long will it take? Instructions – is it clear what needs to be done? Purpose – why is it important to complete? Narrative – how might the challenge fit into a story?
Testing your challenges Each group should present a challenge scenario The others then have 10 minutes to try to solve the challenge There is then 5 minutes for the group to receive feedback