CPD Pedagogy

Each activity within the each section is broken down by types, each type represents what that activities requires you to do. These types are -

Watch/Listen

An informative task, such as a pre-recorded video/Podcast or a series of videos/Podcasts (interspersed with other activity) which provides asynchronous involvement and explores the learning objectives and the learning content.

Do

An applied task that the learner must do to apply their learning (e.g. trial a technique, solve a problem, observe a practice, create something)

Interact

A social task, such as a discussion board, group activity, social media chat or a live podcast/online call to support learning .

Reflect

A reflective task, that promotes evaluation of knowledge, and can be polls, a quiz, or peer marking activity

Read

An enhancing task that extends knowledge through either academic material or case-based scenarios

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