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Student-centered learning<\/strong> and teaching (SCLT<\/strong>) should be at the heart of higher education institutions<\/strong> or at least most institutions nowadays claim it. Still, an EU report from 2020 states that “for the most part, we are still living in a teacher-centred paradigm<\/strong>.” (Klemen\u010di\u010d et al, 2020)<\/a>. At the eucen Autumn Seminar 2022<\/a> I presented ways to support the active implementation of student-centered learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just another buzzword?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays, higher education institutions claim that student-centered learning is important for them. Various EU recommendations and EU projects promoted the shift from a teacher-centered to a learner-centered learning paradigm in education. Still, student-centered learning and teaching (SCLT) is applied in a rather fragmented way<\/strong>. Is it another buzzword without any meaning? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the what and how of student-centered learning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As an instructional designer, I know about the “how” and the “what” of student-centered learning and teaching. I support the implementation of this kind of learning design in higher education institutions (e.g. in the COMPASS project<\/a>, as “flying expert” for German Higher Education<\/a> or for “my” university, Uni Krems<\/a>) as well as in corporate learning contexts (e.g. at Wiener Linien<\/a>). Providing training as well as coaching on “what”<\/strong> and “how”<\/strong> is important, but I figured that it is just not enough. There are some other forces<\/strong> that are keeping us from the successful roll-out of student-centered learning designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden Circle of what, how, and why<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Simon Sinek gives some insights with his “Golden Circle” (2009):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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