The module section "Setting the Stage for Success" makes it clear that students in a course want to know, "what's in it for me?"
At one point, however, the module suggests a psychomotor learning activity involving teams competing to make the best paper airplane.
Am I the only one that feels that this learning activity is inappropriate for adult learners (unless perhaps one is teaching a class on aerodynamics)?
Given the limited number of classroom hours available during a term, I don't see how I as an instructor can sell the spending of time on the construction of paper airplanes as being relevant to the course objectives. If a student asks, "what's in this class for me?" the answer is now "I've learned how to make a good paper airplane." Fun, yes. But how is that pertinent to workplace knowledge and skills?
I do understand the importance of building rapport among students and group activities. But making paper airplanes isn't the way to do it.