Course Summary
This microPL will help you build confidence and skills in creating immersive learning experiences and offer ways to engage students deeply. Learning can be fun, but that fun has to be considered and designed into our lessons. The benefit of this is that if it is enjoyable and immersive for students, it will likely be the same for the teacher. Creating immersive and playful learning can require some extra time, but it is so worth it in the long run and makes the job of teacher fun as well.
You will learn:
- To consider how play-based learning and constructivist approaches can be used in primary and secondary settings.
- To use multimodal learning to create scenarios and experiences that are playful and immersive.
- How to incorporate stories and narratives that help connect students' learning
Course time:
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards:
All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 3.2.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
- 3.3.2 Use teaching strategies
- 3.4.2 Select and use resources
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Course Content
Creating Immersive and Playful Learning
Course Instructors
Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. Hayley is an expert at developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences, knowledge and challenges of the educators.
Daniel Donahoo's work is driven by play, technology and narrative. An experienced educator and author specialising in books centred around families, media, and technology. He wrote “Idolising Children” and (co-author) “Adproofing Your Kids”. Daniele writes and blogs regularly on the topics of technology, children, education and families.
This course has been designed in consultation with experts in the fields of education and wellbeing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I log this PD with my State's teaching authority?
Yes! All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 6.2.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
- 6.3.2 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
How long will this take to complete?
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
How does it work?
This course is on-demand and for private study. Learn at your own pace and at times that suit you. Get a certificate when you finish. You will have ongoing access.
Is this course accredited?
All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 3.2.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
- 3.3.2 Use teaching strategies
- 3.4.2 Select and use resources
Who are the instructors?
This course is designed in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, scientists, and all manner of experts in the education field.
Cool.org's curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.
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