Defining learning goals

Learning goalsHelp to design appropriate challengesLow level of granularity (relatively quick time to achieve)Consider what you want the student to be able to doIdeally 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 www.violaquest.org

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