If you want to change a culture, you need to change the conversation. You need to change that conversation at scale.For many of us, the journey starts with providing in-person classroom training (synchronous), e-learning (asynchronous), or blended learning. ? An emerging next practice for designing cohort learning to scale is semi-synchronous collaborative peer learning. Learning solutions become instructorless and easier to scale when well thought out and done right.
Wes Kao is a long-time believer in “cohort-based” learning programs. Cohort-based learning involves a group of students—a cohort—all moving through a syllabus together at the same time. Cohort-based learning is the opposite of asynchronous, mass online open courses, (MOOCs) where students move at their own pace through course content. Kao said that cohort-based courses are far more engaging for learners than MOOCs, which have been criticized for low enrollment and completion rates. Over the past decade, cohort-based classes have risen in popularity, addressing common complaints about MOOCs. Cohort-based classes offer live feedback from a teacher and courses with set start and end dates. In real-time, groups of students are able to hold each other accountable, push each other to experiment with class material, and challenge each other’s ideas. Source: Wes Kao, co-founder of Maven, Interview1️⃣ First, we will explore
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- How to cultivate a sense of safety and belonging
- Why should you put learners, not instructors, at the center of your learning experience
- How to accelerate knowledge sharing and peer facilitation
We are interested in diving deeper into cohort-based learning solutions and finding success using some or all of the eight principles:
- Well-designed social interactions
- A sense of safety and belonging
- Real people engaging authentically
- Opportunities for individual reflection
- Knowledge sharing and peer facilitation
- Arguing (constructively) together
- Learners, not instructors, at the center
- Human stories expertly told