Enquiry Based Learning Ruminative assertions to prompt - your questions - your discussion - and your conclusions

Rationale  I’ve been involved with EBL (though not under that name) since 1975;  I’ve followed it with first and third year undergraduates, and postgraduates;  I’ve taught civil engineers, social scientists, and students of business;  From all of that experience, I have formed some probably dogmatic beliefs;  I offer these to you now, for you to probe!

An Enquiry-Based Keynote  I’ll hand out my 13 beliefs  You decide which one you question me on – and do so, first come, first served  One question and follow-up; then next person  We’ll stop when we run out of time – or questions

I used to quote Kipling, encouraging staff and students to question:  “I keep six honest serving men  They taught me all I knew  Their names are What and Why and When  And How and Where and Who”

Nowadays six have become eight for me  Now, like my young grand-daughter, I gain a lot by asking:  “What else?” First, I added “How well?”

Image: 'elephant talk' talk What questions do you and your wise neighbour have for me, then?

Ring-fencing This illustrates the point made in the handout In the context of e-moderating facilitation. Elsewhere, the same principle applies, surely.

Not used in presentation - but an important distinction of types of learning needs, and their treatment facilitatively and by peers

10 Learning Needs…...  Are held in different ways  So students may have to be prepared to deal in different ways with their needs - with assistance from members of their learning group, and others

Our learning needs can be like... ………fish, in a fish-ladder 11

12 Need = frankly declared Outcome known: proceed directly “Just listen to me, and then help me”

13 Need = known, but feels awkward Privacy! Let me declare my need unobtrusively

14 Explore options Need = undefined Help me to find out what my need is!

15 Need = unperceived Challenge! Be open to feedback, and mismatches

They should be prepared to deal with needs differently 16 declare seek privacy explore listen! - in their self-managed development

Others can assist by offering: 17 frankness suggestions security answers

Contact address - And I’ll be pleased to hear from anyone about EBL