Further to Greg's comment: > Regarding your > second, I think you've set an impossible problem: if learners are > extrinsically motivated (doing it because they have to), then we've lost > before we start playing [2].
This matches my experience. I recently scheduled a few SWC lessons run as one-day training courses for a Centre for Doctoral Training. Learners were a mix of the CDT group for whom participation was compulsory, and other PhD/Post-Doc researchers at the university who were there of their own free will. At least half the CDT group didn't see the merit in learning the material and disrupted the course for those who did want to learn. This isn't something I plan to repeat - I only want to teach people who want to learn. Thanks Gerard -- Gerard Capes Research Applications, IT Services, University Of Manchester ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tad9e416c2ec4742e-Md91b235d2db9487c79eb2589 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
