The structured learning of valuation modelling

Active learning compels non-academic students to employ deeper learning strategies. Unfortunately, established activities to encourage active learning are resource intensive and do not suit physically distanced modes of delivery. This research presents an active learning module and proposes a novel structured approach to enhance the learning and teaching of financial modelling in property education, during and after COVID-19. A review of past research presents ways to encourage deeper learning. This research is primarily based on findings from published property education research. It builds on that knowledge as it shares the design of Valuation Modelling online module and the application of Petronzi and Petronzi's (2020) Online and Campus (OaC) model, as a response to COVID-19. The OaC model is adapted to bring forward an applied learning activity, the development of a working valuation spreadsheet. The result is higher education unit, or subject, with an Apply, Evaluate, and Solve (AES) structure that aligns with academic frameworks, and has the potential to accommodate case-based and problem-based learning activities with less reliance on human resources. The Valuation Modelling module and its incorporation into an AES framed unit of study are demonstrated as contributions of this research.