• Concept fanning is a powerful cognitive tool that aids in navigating complex challenges by systematically exploring and dissecting underlying concepts. Unlike linear thinking, concept fanning encourages a multidimensional approach, allowing individuals to branch out from a central idea and examine related concepts in a non-linear fashion. This technique promotes creativity and helps uncover hidden connections, enabling a more comprehensive understanding of the challenge at hand.

    • Theme - Sustainability: A hot and current topic, yet because it comes up a lot we tend to get stuck in our responses and attitudes towards it. Due to it's complexities, many sub topics within Sustainability are often missed or not fully explored. In this video we demonstrate how 'Concept fanning' can be used to tackle this complex and important theme.

       

       

    • Theme - Metaskills: The "Metaskills Suitcase" offers lecturers a visual tool to build learning experiences incorporating the essential, desirable, personal, and future metaskills. By utilising this task, we can identify where different skills sit and then signpost where they are embedded within the range of activity built into our curriculum. The Metaskills suitcase, can also provide a visual aid for what students arrive with and what you want them to leave with.

       
       

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