Reflection 5.2.4: Innovative Learning Activities

When teaching, students need to find applicable or real world situations, collaborate and share as a group, apply critical thinking under the guidance of the teacher, and then communicate to each other in order to create new mental experiences and new mental processes.

Relationships are very important in education because they build a critical thinking in a free mind which makes a learner able to learn. In this case, learners develop a thinking that individualism or selfishness does not work; it is the community as a whole that matters in order to create a comfortable zone in this challenging world. 

Real innovative learning is sub-divided into two parts or arms according to the traits or characteristics of the definition of an innovative lesson i.e aspects of learning and then innovative activities as below:

Innovative aspects

1.    Creativity

2.    Learner engagement.

3.     Problem solving

4. Relevance and supported by evidence.

5.   Room for choice by learners.

6.   Doable and not mythical.

7.  Reflective practices

8. Inspiring

Aspects of Learning

9. Monitoring

10. Collaborative /Teamwork

11.   Interactive

12. Technology

13. Communication

14. Learn

15. Critical thinking

The above are the main basic aspects of an innovative learning activity of which any practicing teacher or policy maker should put into consideration. Such characteristics are not the ultimate traits of innovative learning and any body can add on to the list but at least the list covers a bigger percentage of the concept-innovative learning.