Free Learning

Ross Parker is Director of Technology & Assessment at International College Hong Kong. He is passionate about making learning a positive, anxiety-free process centred around personal transformation. Ross is the founder of Gibbon, the open-source school platform, through which he has also developed the Free Learning pedagogy. As a public speaker, Ross has presented at conferences and workshops around the world.David Coniam is Head of Research at LanguageCert, Greece, and Adjunct Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. He has been working and researching in English-language teaching, education and assessment for almost 50 years. His main publication and research interests are in language assessment, language teaching methodology and academic writing and publishing.Peter Falvey is a teacher educator. A former Head of Department in the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong, he is currently affiliated in an honorary professorial role with the Education University of Hong Kong. His main publication and research interests are in language assessment, first- and second-language writing methodology, and text linguistics.

• Section 1: Introduction  1. Opening Up  2. Introduction and Background to Free Learning  Section 2: Literature Background: Theoretical, Practical and Educational Perspectives  3. Grounding the Free Learning Model: Theoretical Perspectives  4. Grounding the Free Learning Model: Practical Perspectives  5. Curriculum Innovation and Free Learning at International College Hong Kong  6. Building Relationships, Living the Curriculum  7. Assessment in Free Learning  Section 3: How Free Learning Works: Examples of Free Learning in Practice  8. Implementing Free Learning  9. A Free Learning Approach to STEM Delivery  10. The Adoption of Free Learning in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme: A Possible Crisis Response  11. Deconstructing the Curriculum: Introducing Free Learning to a Computer Science Course  12. Comparing and Evaluating Professional Development Workshops Conducted via Free Learning and Face-To-Face Modes: The Hong Kong NET Scheme  Section 4: Evaluation of Free Learning  13. The Evaluation of Free Learning at International College Hong Kong  14. Free Learning: A Guinea Pig's Retrospective  15. A Quantitative Exploration of Student Attitudes to Free Learning and of Grades Achieved  16. A Qualitative Inquiry into Student Attitudes towards Free Learning  17. The Mastery Transcript  Section 5: Conclusion: Where to from Here?  18. Conclusion and Looking Forward