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The roundtable discusses two interrelated problems in public policy higher education: how to avoid ‘death by powerpoint’, and address the need for pedagogy training for PhD candidates in Public Policy Schools. The four speakers will reflect on these issues and present innovative practices and critical thinking exercises such as (1) a Socratic engagement with learners involving a collective dialogue demanding a re-examination of assumptions and conventional wisdoms, (2) mind mapping techniques to record simultaneously the evolving shape and direction of discussions, (3) scaffolding as a means of assisting learners to prepare adequately for class, (4) a framework for guiding the effective design of educational technologies (online assessment, discussion forums, concept mapping) (5) adapting executive education through hybrid online and short residency programs and (6) designing and operationalising flipped classroom/blended learning while harnessing educational technology (distributive online collaborative course, or DOCC) and enabling international collaborative teaching across multiple institutions.

Pedagogy Roundtable