Is experiential learning scalable? | Martin Henz | TEDxNUS

One-on-one human-to-human interaction is our primary mode of teaching and learning that has co-evolved with human cognitive and linguistic traits. Modern educational institutions deviate from this mode in order to achieve efficiency and scale. The resulting challenges lie at the heart of the field of pedagogy. Experiential learning in higher education aims to exploit the efficacy of the primary mode in a modern context, utilising the results of more than a century of research in pedagogy as well as mediated learning techniques enabled by the IT revolution. This talk addresses a central question in education today, from the viewpoint of a practitioner: Is experiential learning scalable? Martin Henz is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing (SoC) and Faculty of Engineering (FoE) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Henz has focussed on experiential learning in the past 10 years in his educational initiatives at NUS, including multi-disciplinary projects, seafaring voyages and a freshmen programming course with more than 400 students. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx