How to create a supportive environment: Strategies and tools

Guiding questions

• How could you design groups, and teams (if you use these) to support learning/learners?
• How could you invite non-dualistic perspectives and perspective taking into your class?
• How could you sequence interactions with targeted evaluation and feedback?

 

Stage 1: Planning for learning

• Ensure that you have alignment in your learning plan; the goals, assessments, activities all support each other 
• Integrate authentic content. Use current issues or problems, create multimedia case-based scenarios, use web resources that students will be able to use even after they graduate. 
• Learner choice. Where could you allow students to make choices about content, assignments, or activities. 
• Welcome students! 

 

Stage 2: Learning activities

• Show enthusiasm.
• Provide learner choice. 
• Be present; either in person or online.

 

Stage 3: Learning assessments

• Integrate authentic assessments.

 

Ideas taken from How Learning Works Links to an external site.