In this episode, Tab Betts talks to Dr. Maria Kukhareva, an Educational Developer at the University of Bedfordshire, about how she uses Object Based Learning (OBL) in her teaching. The discussion focuses on how strategic use of physical objects, photos and other realia can be used in any discipline to promote critical thinking, group discussion and reflective learning.
Links:
- Maria Kukhareva at the University of Bedfordshire
(www.beds.ac.uk/cle/about/team/maria-kukhareva)
- Maria Kukhareva's maria.kukhareva@beds.ac.uk
- Maria Kukhareva on Twitter: twitter.com/maria_kukhareva
- Overview of Maria's Object Based Learning Project(goo.gl/F3kv5N)
- More info about Object Based Learning from ALDinHE(goo.gl/eLrA7P)
- Presentation abstract from Playful Learning Conference (conference.playthinklearn.net/blog/wp-co…s-PL17.pdf)
- Maria Kukhareva's Ted Talk on resilience (www.youtube.com/watch?time_contin…e=2&v=3lY6QJIBu64)
