Digitally Enhanced Crossover Learning Strategies: Connecting Formal and Informal Learning Environments.

Learning in informal settings is no longer limited to museums and after school clubs where they can connect educational content that matters to the learner. The use of virtual reality, student phones, cameras, and digital recording capability have enhanced the informal learning environment to a point where it is only limited by our ability to ask the right question. The 2015 Innovating Pedagogy report highlights 'crossover learning' as one of ten innovations that are on the brink of having a profound influence on education (Sharples et al., 2015). Crossover learning combines the strengths of both formal and informal learning environments, and aims to provide students with the best of both worlds. This innovative approach is in response to what pedagogical research has been saying for decades: learners need to learn how, not what, to think. In addition, the approach places less focus on getting learner to perform, and more on equipping them with the knowledge and critical thinking skills needed in life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]