Purpose
Meaning // Intention // Efficacy
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Let's Define Purpose!
Purpose is:
- Creating a meaningful experience for the learner
- Being mindful when defining what success looks like
- Choosing methods of gathering data that actually reflect whether learning occurred
Purpose is not:
- Choosing the easiest and most obvious teaching methods
- Defining success as course completion or good test scores
Why is purpose important?
- While the learning objectives and goals for an individual experience are also incredibly important, for me, the underlying purpose is always that the learner feel like they gained something meaningful
- Prioritizing the human experience and meaning-making can lead to creative, interesting, intentional solutions and experiences
My approach to creating purposeful learning experiences
- Staying focused on the learner’s experience
- This will inform how I define success/efficacy and how I design assessments
- This will motivate me to stay up-to-date on effective pedagogical strategies, design frameworks, and tools to increase engagement, accessibility, inclusivity, and agency