Join the Agile Teaching and Learning Revolution

Calling All Changemakers in Education

Whether you’re a passionate educator, a forward-thinking professor, an online instructor who believes in pushing boundaries, or an educational institution with a vision for change, this message is your key to transformation. It’s for those who are enthusiastic about revitalizing education through Agile methodologies.

My Personal Odyssey: From Frustration to Empowerment

I know what it feels like to be a frustrated student yearning for more engaging and relevant education. Agile methodologies changed my life, and I’m here to make a promise to students and educators alike. I’ve walked in your shoes, and I understand the need for change.

Our Journey Begins with Acknowledgment

Traditional education has its flaws – rigid curricula, a lack of real-world relevance, and disengaged students. Agile teaching through its methodologies offers the remedy. With Agile, students gain lasting knowledge, build invaluable networks, and learn to thrive in teams, preparing for a constantly evolving world.

The Key to Our Success

Agile methodologies empower educators to unleash their creativity, enhance the educational experience, and deliver content that truly resonates with learners. This is your opportunity to unlock your potential as an educator, transform your teaching methods, and positively impact lives.

Why Agile Teaching and Learning?

The traditional classroom model where teachers lecture and students passively receive information is outdated. It doesn’t encourage creativity, critical thinking, or collaboration, which are essential skills for the future.

That’s why I’m working on a new project that will enable teachers and students to take more ownership over their learning journey through self-organization, working in short iterations, continuous improvement, and soliciting frequent feedback. This gives them more autonomy and engagement in the learning process.

How We Make It Happen?

We will start by developing an Agile mindset that focuses on values like adaptability, transparency, inspection, and continuous improvement. I’ll explain the importance of moving students and teachers from a “fixed mindset” to an ‘open mindset’ and be comfortable responding to change. The idea is to start building this mindset early on, allowing teachers and students to become more adept at operating in dynamic environments. The Agile Manifesto principles become educational principles.

We will apply core Scrum practices like time-boxed sprints, daily standups, retrospectives, continuous feedback loops, and incremental delivery to education.

Teachers and students will gain practical experience with Agile teaching and Agile project management by working in self-organizing teams that plan and execute projects in short iterations. Frequent reviews and retrospectives allow for continuous improvement.

The Promise!

I firmly believe that the practices that will be revealed in this course will show impressive results, with students finishing semesters nearly 5 weeks early on average compared to traditional classrooms.

Grades also will improve by over 15% on average with this model.

Students will find learning more fun and engaging with this approach. The knowledge acquired through his method will endure well beyond the conclusion of the subject’s instruction.

Key roles in Scrum like the Product Owner and Scrum Master are adapted for use in education. Initially, the teacher plays both roles, providing guidance on learning objectives while also coaching teams. As students become more self-organized, the teacher shifts to being more of a Scrum Master focused on facilitating and enabling the teams.

Failures are reframed as valuable learning opportunities in this course. Students are encouraged to view setbacks not as failures, but as chances to inspect and adapt. A culture of psychological safety, pride in achievements, and celebration of wins is fostered.

There is a strong emphasis on developing soft skills like communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. Students regularly reflect on their own talent development through the use of portfolios and retrospectives.

Cross-functional, self-organizing teams allow students with different skill sets and strengths to learn from each other. Techniques like planning poker teach collaboration and estimation. Diverse teams outperform groups of friends.

Getting schools, colleges, and universities to adopt Scrum requires demonstrating tangible results and starting small. Early successes with volunteer teachers and students can create organic interest. Forced large-scale implementations tend to fail.