Design principles for interdisciplinary collaborative learning through social, digital innovation

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2021

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Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia

Abstract

As academics, we are acutely aware of our responsibility in the design of our teaching and learning environment to instil principles of ethics, sustainability, agency and social justice. We are at the crossroad between the commodification of knowledge versus learning that steeped in well-being and innovative socio-ecological and or socio-technical transitions. These complexities prompted a Design-Based Research (DBR) project that commenced in 2020 to test and refine design principles that can facilitate an interdisciplinary, collaborative learning environment that exposes students to future challenges foregrounded in social justice perspectives of local voice, collaboration and co-design. A conceptual model informed by four pedagogical propositions of relationality, reflexivity, responsiveness and recognition is stipulated and nine design principles derived from these propositions are proposed.

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Interdisciplinary learning, Social digital innovation, Students, Transdisciplinary collaboration

Citation

Verster, B., & van den Berg, C. (2021). Design principles for interdisciplinary collaborative learning through social, digital innovation. 7th International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia.