Science Literacy (University of Alberta)

What recommendations do you have for other facilitators who are using "Science Literacy"? Consider sharing additional resources you found helpful, activities that worked particularly well, and some reflections on who this course is best suited for. For more information, see this course on P2PU’s course page.

This course received a rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
Yes

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Science Literacy ?
5

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
at college

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star/stars?
Because this course is very good endeed.

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
Because I think that many people would like it.

This course received a rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
To be open minded when looking at things

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Science Literacy ?
5

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
Trying to remember the basics

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star/stars?
The leader took a personal interest in the course and also us as members of the group.

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
We all need to grow and learn

This course received a rating from a participant!

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Science Literacy ?
5

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

This course received a rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
how much I don’t know

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in Science Literacy ?
4

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
start reading with a more critical eye

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star/stars?
Excellent material; Course could have included more sessions.

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
good topic!

This course received a rating from a facilitator!

When you signed up, we asked what you hoped to achieve by facilitating a learning circle, and you wrote "I hope this class will make this a much less intimidating topic and will help learners gain the skills that they can use when coming across any information out in the world that can be looked at critically. ". To what extent did you achieve this?
4

Did anything about the learning circle surprise you?
How dedicated the learners would be to the topic! There was a lot of out-of-class reading and they were all very eager to do all of it.

Do you have any stories from the learning circle you want to share with the P2PU community?
One of the learners was not able to use audio or video for the Zoom meeting so I was able to integrate both chat and in person so that they were able to actively participate in class.

About how many people showed up for the first meeting?
3

About how many people showed up for the second meeting?
3

About how many people showed up for the last meeting?
4

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star(s)?
It was set up perfectly for a learning circle - the videos were short, and there were a lot of learning activities like quizzes and exercises. Unfortunately I had to skip over some of them since it was 5 units and I did it over 4 weeks. However, I thought it was an excellent balance of lecture, reading and activities and worked just as well for an online class as it would an in-person one.

How likely are you to recommend facilitating a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
They are so fun, it helps build confidence and no two learning circles are the same!