The CRAFTS learning framework : equipping learners to create relevant, accessible, fun, tailored and scholarly activities in higher education
Journal article
Moro, Christian, Mills, Kathy Ann and Phelps, Charlotte. (2024). The CRAFTS learning framework : equipping learners to create relevant, accessible, fun, tailored and scholarly activities in higher education. Interactive Learning Environments. pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2024.2308100
Authors | Moro, Christian, Mills, Kathy Ann and Phelps, Charlotte |
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Abstract | Tertiary institutions are migrating away from didactic and teacher-centred approaches, and instead, pivoting to lesson designs that encourage hands-on learning and student engagement. However, this practice is often “try and see”, with few frameworks providing evidence-based approaches for practical application that demonstrates how learning can be successfully achieved. The literature supports foundational concepts that can be applied to develop effective learning environments, where students become producers, rather than consumers of course content. The CRAFTS framework outlines the benefits of focussing on: Create, Relevant, Accessible, Fun, Tailored and Scholarly activities and interventions to guide and facilitate student learning. This article presents the framework, an example application of its employment within a tertiary health science and medicine subject, and an evaluation of its effectiveness. For educators wishing to engage students in learning methods that extend beyond traditional didactic teaching delivery modes, and instead, focus on learner-centred approaches, this framework embeds the concepts of creativity, relevance, accessibility, and fun into sessions that can be tailored to the individual learner and are scholarly in nature. In these ways, the CRAFTS framework presents a robust and evidence-based approach to encouraging hands-on learner-generated content that can be used for knowledge consolidation in a tertiary course. |
Keywords | Education theory; students as producers; interactive learning; active learning; producers; peer learning |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | Interactive Learning Environments |
Journal citation | pp. 1-11 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd (UK) |
ISSN | 1049-4820 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2024.2308100 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10494820.2024.2308100 |
Open access | Open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-11 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 01 Feb 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 15 Jan 2024 |
Deposited | 03 Oct 2024 |
Supplemental file | License File Access Level Open |
Additional information | © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90z12/the-crafts-learning-framework-equipping-learners-to-create-relevant-accessible-fun-tailored-and-scholarly-activities-in-higher-education
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