Fostering Learner Agency Through Intentional Learning Design: Six Principles

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Author(s): Cathrael Kazin (Volta Learning Group, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 16
Source title: New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, and DIY
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Aaron M. Brower (University of Wisconsin Extended Campus, USA & University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)and Ryan J. Specht-Boardman (University of Wisconsin Extended Campus, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3809-1.ch001

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter argues that the conventional approach to education systematically inculcates passivity and strips learners of the capacity for meaningful and informed choice. Rather than promote student agency and self-direction, the prevailing model remains focused on teaching, namely what “instructors” impart, not what students learn. This attitude inevitably treats learners as empty vessels to be filled rather than as fundamental co-creators of their own education. However, the solution is not for educators to abdicate from the responsibility of educating. Instead, they can and should intentionally foster learner agency with a coherent approach to learning design that is based on six principles: relevance and transparency, active learning, authentic assessment, staging and scaffolding, actionable feedback rather than grades, and a commitment to equity.

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