Monday, July 4, 2016

Agile Methodology in Education

I originally thought about teaching Agile as an effective process of project management to enable students to land projects on time. However, this blog makes me rethink the fundamentals of the content and processes of my Digital Technology projects:

http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/agile-based-learning-what-is-it-and-how-can-it-change-education/

The blog encapsulates the student first approach through collaboraboration and rapid prototyping of fail fast and fail often to fail smart, This links in with Carol Dweck's "Growth Mindset" research of embracing setbacks as part of the iterative process of learning and improvements - rather than the fixed and static judgement of 'failure'.