No.03 Learner autonomy & flexibility
While a lot of our learning experiences come with a pre-defined curriculum, the learner should get an opportunity to exercise their autonomy during the learning experience. This could be what they learn (curriculum), how they learn (pedagogy/ content) or when they learn (Flexibility).
By empowering our learners to take even small decisions in the learning journey, we ensure more buy-in and more ownership of the overall learning process.
Example:
Letting the group βvoteβ on what icebreaker theyβd like to do at the beginning of the session
Getting learners to pick a topic of their choice from a pre-decided list that theyβd like to dig deeper into