Three New Videos: Students Taking Charge of Their Learning
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Three New Videos: Students Taking Charge of Their Own Learning
What Happens When Students Take Charge of Their Learning?
In a new video series, Waterloo students reflect on how taking ownership of their learning helped them develop transferable skills, build confidence, and apply their experiences in meaningful ways, inside and outside the classroom.
“It's actually about learning how to learn. And I think that's valuable because the more effectively you learn how to learn, the more effectively and quickly you can learn other things.” — Jakob (student)
Hear what students have to say about engaging in an experiential, self-directed, and reflective course framework and how it’s reshaped the way they approach learning.
In this session, Sandra Lopez-Rocha (Intercultural Learning Specialist, International Experience Centre) shares how she designed a PebblePad Workbook to engage students throughout the various components of the GLIDE (Global Learning, Intercultural Development, and Engagement) Certificate. In addition, Diya Drabu (Student Success Office co-op student) provided her experience reviewing the workbook from a student perspective. Participants had the opportunity to review the workbook and discuss the logistics of implementation as well as engage in a discussion on how they might use PebblePad workbook features to engage their students in their own courses and programs.