As discussed before half term it is proposed to adopt a new approach to learning that will enable us all to maximise the learning opportunities made possible using the electronic resources I have created and will develop using the feedback from you over the rest of the semester.

Rationale

The premise on which this change in delivery is based is

  1. That in his experiments in self-teaching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk60sYrU2RU Professor Mitra has posulated that learning is the outcome resulting from small groups of students working together on a task that interests them as a group.
  2. That learning will also be an emergent property where the task is important to professional development.
  3. That mature students have numerous calls on their time and will benefit from a more flexible approach to learning.
  4. That presenting the results of a task on a regular basis will built teamworking abilities and reinforce learning
  5. That in the rapidly developing field such as construction sustainability research abilities are more important than retaining knowledge that is transitory.
  6. That all professionals in future must have mastery of social media and be able to use it to their professional advantage.

Procedure

Initially it is proposed to use the following procedure

  1. Decide groups the week before the task.
  2. Make the task available here on the Monday of the week commencing, for students to do prior research either individually or as group using social media.
  3. Hold a opening session to determine understanding of the task.
  4. Break into groups to reseach the task.
  5. reconvene 45 minutes before the end of the session to make presentaions.
  6. Finish with a plenary session to draw out and record conclusions.

Research this week

ST25032 Social and Economic Sustainability ~ Evaluate the impact the transition movement hopes to have on society’s symptoms and resource constraints. Does this integrate into the concept of sustainable communities.

ST25024 Environmental Design and performance ~ “The Energy Performance of a building is vital to to reducing the Carbon Intensity of the built environment ~ present the issues this raises in the context of Passiv Haus standards”

ST25032 Anvanced Technology and Sustainability ~”Susbstantiate or otherwise the following statement, Buildability and modern construction methods are key to delivering more environmentally and energy effective buildings and built environment.”

ST30023 Urban Regeneration ~ “Explain the Seven Principles of good Urban Design and illustrate with examples”

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