The Points Don't Matter

This Innovative Pedagogies series is based on the article Innovative Pedagogies of the Future: An Evidence-based Selection that offers “a set of innovative, evidence-based pedagogical approaches that have the potential to guide teaching practitioners and transform learning processes and outcomes.” The past few years have seen rapid adoption in educational technology, and this series offers ideas for changes in the practice of teaching and learning to accompany those technology advancements. Did you know that service-learning is an innovative pedagogical approach? In the literature, service-learning is a type of place-based learning . Place-based learning provides students with practical challenges encountered in their local communities. This type of learning may also be structured as problem-based learning. An example of problem-based learning is asking marketing students to meet with real world small business owners and design marketing plans and materials to help the business owner