Most contemporary pedagogic theories subscribe to the idea that students learn more effectively, at a deeper level, through experiential learning.
\nOne of the key advantages of experiential learning is the notion that students, as independent learners, can take greater responsibility for their progression, whilst collaborating with others \u2013 this allows students to reap the benefits of a shared understanding, in which self-initiated ideas are enriched by the thoughts of others. One of the challenges of facilitating experiential learning is providing effective support and guidance to focus learning and provide opportunities to enrich their understanding.<\/p>\n
The GuidiGO application for smart devices (phones and tablets) provides the opportunity for students to be guided around an environment and receive relevant learning resources and instructions on their arrival at a specific location. The application can also be used to facilitate a flipped learning approach in which students can explore a location and present their learning and understanding once back within a classroom environment. The application and strategy described below is most clearly relevant to Geography, History or Social Science subjects, however, the strategy can be applied to a range of other curriculums that require an engagement with a specific site for learning purposes \u2013 its use within educational visits has obvious advantages for teachers and students. The video below illustrates how the strategy can be used to facilitate learning and offers a guide for generating a GuidoGO tour for your own teaching and learning activities.<\/p>\n