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U - Understand the links
Learn to learn: making links is the key to lasting knowledge
Brief overview of context:
The short article and video discusses the value of teachers building chains of knowledge, as a means of making learning easier and more effective for our learners.
Barbara Oakley 2019
🌐 TES - Learn to learn: making links is the key to lasting knowledge
Paper Chains
Ask your class at the end of a topic of learning to make a paper chain to link their learning together. Each chain has to link to the one previously - however tenuously that maybe! This task really gets the learners thinking and can bring out their competitive nature, especially if you add in a prize for which pair/team has the longest chain.
You can add in one colour of paper for links outside of your subject/AoLE to widen their thinking further.
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A selection of digital activities and resources which can be used to allow learners to understand the links in their learning. The above resource 'learning links' can also be shared with learners electronically, to be completed independently or collaboratively.
Jamboard
Learners can use the 'U-Understand the Links' Jamboard to show links in their learning. Ask your learners to place a sticky note on the Jamboard, telling you any learning links that they have found. As practitioners, you can challenge your learners to link a sticky note to a previous one. As in the above activity 'paper chains', you can also challenge your learners to add different coloured sticky notes to show links outside of the subject/AoLE. This allows opportunities to widen, deepen and strengthen your learners' thinking and understanding.
🌐 Wakelet
Wakelet
Wakelet is a ‘pinboard’ style page which allows practitioners to share websites, videos, links and images with their learners. As practitioners, you can use Wakelet to share a variety of content that explores links between learning, allowing your learners to make connections and deepen their understanding on a specific concept or topic.
Padlet - 'Linking Maps'
Learners can use Padlet to show links in their learning. Ask your learners to create ‘linking maps' by placing post-it notes onto the Padlet board, showing and explaining the learning links that they have found. Learners can colour code post- it notes to show learning links and connections that have taken place across different Areas of Learning and Experiences.
🌐 Padlet
🌐 Popplet
Popplet
Learners can use Popplet to create interactive flow diagrams which display visual links in their learning. Learners can place the topic in the middle of the page and create 'thought bubbles’ around the title, which identify clear links to learning. Learners can colour code bubbles to show and explain distinct links in learning.