Teaching awards are sprinkled liberally around many of our Higher Education institutions. They celebrate and give a pat on the head to "creative" and "innovative" teachers (they sure ain't going to get paid more for mere teaching - so give them a prize and tell them how important they are). But just what are these innovations in Higher Education?
Technology Enhanced Learning - that was what happened when Guttenberg printed the first Bible - is it innovative to simply use the current technology?
Authentic assessment - actually measuring what you set out to measure - isn't that "common sense"?
Flipped Classrooms - does this mean reading the book before going to the "lecture" - I was doing that in the 1970's
Activity based Learning - now I remember that from Primary School!!
Good teaching is undertaken by engaged, informed and passionate communicators who succeed when they transform the lives of their learners. There's nothing truly innovative about that - good teaching has always been good teaching.
Is good teaching actually innovative in many Universities?
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