ANU Lunch Vox - Productive Partnerships: Co-construction and collaborations in education

A university education is an exercise in the meeting of minds; students explore the expert and curated knowledge of their educators, they deconstruct the theories of great thinkers, cultivate wisdom from industry exemplars, and contest ideas with diverse peers. But what happens when these minds meet to design the learning experience itself?

The fifth instalment of the ANU Lunch Vox examines the various permutations of collaboratively-designed learning experiences at the university.

We will be asking the questions that any aspiring co-constructor wants to know:

• How do these productive partnerships start?
• How do you embark on a course in which the students are partners who design the course with you as the semester unfolds?
• How do you form partnerships with industry professionals and incorporate work-integrated learning?
• What does interdisciplinary learning look like and how can you stretch beyond the boundaries of your discipline and your College?
• And, of course, what benefits do these approaches bring to the learning experience?