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Leveraging the virtual learning environment to develop metacognitive skills in students

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At UCD, our expertise in asking the right questions delivers answers to challenges of global significance

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Leveraging the Virtual Learning Environment to Develop Metacognitive Skills in Students

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This video presents the work of a UCD Fellowship in Teaching and Academic Development, "Designing for learning in the virtual learning environment." This pro...

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Metacognition Design Framework - design process

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Metacognition Design Framework - design process

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https://www.ucd.ie/universityrelations/eventspublications/readucdtodayonline/UCD%20Today%20Autumn%202021.pdf

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The development of metacognitive skills is important to support meaningful learning and is a core transversal skill for professional life. The virtual learning environment (VLE) provides a conduit to influence student learning outside standard class time and a mechanism to aid the development of these skills. UCD recently transitioned to a new VLE, Brightspace, providing an opportunity to reevaluate VLE usage from a pedagogical perspective, re-envisioning its role as an active learning environment rather than purely an “upload-download” platform or repository. This two-year project aimed to explore the potential of VLE-based interventions to aid the development of student metacognitive skills in students at University College Dublin, Ireland. The research comprised an overarching action research approach utilising mixed methods; a multi-case study was embedded within this involving students from three different disciplines.