Authentic Learning Strategies to Engage Students
Engaging students is an integral part of the learning process, but it can be difficult to establish meaningful connections with them. Authentic learning strategies help create a culture of learners by addressing this problem. Authentic activities and assessments are effective in virtual or in-person settings, and they increase student engagement while deepening understanding. This blog post will discuss what authentic learning is, why it’s important, how it works in different environments and some suggestions for using authentic tasks to engage your students. Authentic activities mirror real-world tasks. They give students an opportunity to showcase their work and get feedback from others, the community or parents about what they've done well in comparison with other people who are also completing those assignments. Authenticity means that there's more than one type of assessment at play; it has several defining characteristics such as giving credit where credit should go (eave...