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This chapter describes the experience of developing and delivering a module for first year undergraduate management students that combines traditional formal teaching methods with a range of informal methods based on student based activities. The problems inherent in evaluating the success of the module and the student learning achieved are discussed. The measures of success adopted are described together with the way in which some of the results from the last three cohorts are used in the annual redesign of the module. The chapter concludes with the eight issues that designers of similar modules need to consider and suggests some of the important factors for success.
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Rich, M., Brown, A. (2012). Combining Formal and Non-formal Learning for Undergraduate Management Students Based in London. In: Van den Bossche, P., Gijselaers, W., Milter, R. (eds) Learning at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice. Advances in Business Education and Training, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2846-2_3
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