[Evgeny Albutov]

With the gold standard example, how can we help them connect these engagements to solving real-world issues or at least connecting them to the real-world context?

[Louie Barnett]

and important to think about why we want to connect it to real-world examples – often it’s because it makes the learning more meaningful and relevant, and also gives the opportunity for students to have an impact that they can tell a story about (and great for them to reflect and think of what they’ve achieved).

[Evgeny Albutov]

Hmmm, that is an interesting point that you are making. Asking them to think about why we want to connect it to real-world examples instead of what real-world connections there could be may bring totally different perspective and level of understanding. I guess it depends on the purpose of a question, i.e. what we want them to think about and what we want to reveal. Thank you for both of your comments. Definitely some food for thought here🤔

[khim-lur]

Inspired by tonight’s session, I think I might do a debrief of the robotics activity with a Connect-Extend-Challenge reflection that includes this “how does this help to engage with real-world problem?”

[Louie Barnett]

And then, thinking ahead, how could you help students actually engage with a real world problem? (if it’s even possible!)

[Evgeny Albutov]

I love this idea. Have you got a chance to run the activity? Curious to hear back how it went.