Practice-Informed Learning: The Rise of the Dual Professional

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Practice-Informed Learning: The Rise of the Dual Professional
GuildHE, 2018/11/21
This report (64 page PDF) examines practice-informed learning, defined as "encompassing any situations where expertise from industry is brought into the classroom to inform teaching practice, or where more hands-on learning is taken out into professional settings." It offers a quick overview, notes benefits to students ("up-to-date understanding of their chosen field", "opportunities to begin to develop professional networks"), then offers the 19 case studies that constitute the bulk of the report. More...