Teaching with Physical Computing: Soft skills, teamwork and the wider curriculum

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Free Online Course: Teaching with Physical Computing: Soft skills, teamwork and the wider curriculum provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 10 weeks long, 1-2 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Teaching with Physical Computing: Soft skills, teamwork and the wider curriculum is taught by Robert Leeman.

Overview
  • Brought to you by Arm, this course covers all the non-technological elements of Project-Based Learning. This includes soft skills such as gracious professionalism, teamwork, communication and collaboration.

    Learn how to become an effective advocate of PBL amongst your peers, and effectively share the benefits with school leadership and parents. You will also learn about common ways of embedding PBL in the formal curriculum and how to utilise available resources to enhance your lessons.

Syllabus
  • Module 1 Introduction

    Module 2 The importance of gracious professionalism

    Module 3 Contexts are key

    Module 4 Engaging parents (and colleagues)

    Module 5 Keeping PBL extra curricula

    Module 6 Issues with cross curricular delivery

    Module 7 The role of the Senior Leadership Team

    Module 8 External partners

    Module 9 Adapting and enhancing the ASP PBL approach

    Module 10 Classroom investigation