{"id":359,"date":"2014-09-24T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/teachingen\/part\/chapter-5-building-an-effective-learning-environment\/"},"modified":"2014-09-24T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:38:00","slug":"chapter-5-building-an-effective-learning-environment","status":"web-only","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/teachingen\/part\/chapter-5-building-an-effective-learning-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix 1: Building an effective learning environment"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\n<h3>Purpose of this&nbsp;appendix<\/h3>\n<p>When you have completed this chapter you should be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>design and implement a learning environment that best meets the needs of your course and students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What is covered in this&nbsp;appendix<\/h2>\n<p>Building&nbsp;a comprehensive and effective learning environment&nbsp;is&nbsp;an important condition for implementing&nbsp;teaching and learning for the digital age. This appendix&nbsp;discusses the key components of a learning environment and how these are affected by developments in a digital age. The chapter covers the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/moving-from-theory-to-practice\/\">A.1 Integrating design principles within a rich learning environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-2-what-is-a-learning-environment\/\">A.2 What is a learning environment?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-3-learner-characteristics\/\">A.3 Learner characteristics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-4-managing-content\/\">A.4 Managing content<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-5-developing-skills\/\">A.5 Developing skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-6-learner-support\/\">A.6 Learner support<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-7-resources\/\">A.7 Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-8-assessment-of-learning\/\">A.8 Assessment of learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-9-building-the-foundation-of-good-design\/\">A.9 Building the foundation of good design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also in this chapter you will find the following activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Activity A.2 Influencing a learning environment<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.3 Who are your students?<\/li>\n<li>Activity A 5 Developing skills<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.6 Building learner support<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.7 What resources matter?<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.8 What assessments work in a digital age?<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.9 Designing your own learning environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-success\">\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<p>1. To &nbsp;be able to design effective teaching, it is necessary to build an effective learning environment.<\/p>\n<p>2. Effective learning environments will have a number of different components, and these components will vary, depending on context and the&nbsp;epistemology that drives teaching<\/p>\n<p>3. The aim of building an&nbsp;effective learning environment is to enable more flexible models of learning design to be created and applied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","rendered":"<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-highlight\">\n<h3>Purpose of this&nbsp;appendix<\/h3>\n<p>When you have completed this chapter you should be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>design and implement a learning environment that best meets the needs of your course and students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What is covered in this&nbsp;appendix<\/h2>\n<p>Building&nbsp;a comprehensive and effective learning environment&nbsp;is&nbsp;an important condition for implementing&nbsp;teaching and learning for the digital age. This appendix&nbsp;discusses the key components of a learning environment and how these are affected by developments in a digital age. The chapter covers the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/moving-from-theory-to-practice\/\">A.1 Integrating design principles within a rich learning environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-2-what-is-a-learning-environment\/\">A.2 What is a learning environment?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-3-learner-characteristics\/\">A.3 Learner characteristics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-4-managing-content\/\">A.4 Managing content<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-5-developing-skills\/\">A.5 Developing skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-6-learner-support\/\">A.6 Learner support<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-7-resources\/\">A.7 Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-8-assessment-of-learning\/\">A.8 Assessment of learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"chapter type-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/chapter\/5-9-building-the-foundation-of-good-design\/\">A.9 Building the foundation of good design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also in this chapter you will find the following activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Activity A.2 Influencing a learning environment<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.3 Who are your students?<\/li>\n<li>Activity A 5 Developing skills<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.6 Building learner support<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.7 What resources matter?<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.8 What assessments work in a digital age?<\/li>\n<li>Activity A.9 Designing your own learning environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-success\">\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<p>1. 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