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Traditional 50 minute lectures are a form of passive learning and are not effective for helping students learn or retain information. To improve student engagement, consider incorporating active learning activities and creating opportunities for application.  

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Design Your Session

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TIPS

  • Be Personable
  • Set expectations for Q and A
  • Student Questions
    • be clear about how you will address student questions
      • question slide in presentation
      • IT member read questions
      • students post questions on slack
  • Organize Slides
    • learning objectives
    • include
      • summary slides
      • diagrams
      • tables
  • Use a combination of active and passive learning activities
  • Set clear expectations
  • Students appreciate low-stakes ways of responding
  • Can enhance learning when used correctly
  • Do not overwhelm slides with text or images
  • Visual and audio examples can help students learn

EXAMPLES

Introduction: Start with a Pearl

"Anything that connects us and helps us think as people is best."

Dr. Sam Palpant
Professor Pearl
  • What motivates you?
  • Be genuine and sincere
Student Pearl
  • Invite class to share
    • Poem
    • Personal stories
Why it Works
  • Grabs attention
  • Builds connections

Dr. Palpant’s introduction to students

Session Format

How to manage student questions?

  • Make it clear how you want to address student questions
  • Have IT alert you if a question is entered into the chat
  • Read questions out loud before answering them (helpful for students watching the lectures)
  • Intersperse at regular intervals; after every objective or topic
Courtesy of Dr. Kim
  • students post all questions into slack channel 

How to organize session slides?

Clinical Examples

Why it works?

 

  • Allows students to apply their learning to real life examples
  • Learning can be done through visual, auditory or other means
Courtesy of Dr. Henry Mroch

Active Learning Activities

Poll Everywhere
Mystery Box Questions
Clinical Case Questions
Breakout Rooms

Poll Everywhere

  • Professor and student created
  • First order to higher order questions
  • Aligned to objectives
  • Lock poll before revealing correct answer
  • Go over why incorrect answers are wrong

Courtesy of Dr. Wisor, Nicholas Chock, and Dr. Chauvin

Mystery Box Questions

Why it works!

 

  • Rapid fire questions to test for recall
  • Jog memory of study material
  • First-order questions
Courtesy of Dr. Palpant

Clinical Case Questions

Why it works!
  • Real world application for students
  • Practice for board-style questions
  • Emphasizes why content and concept is important
  • Opportunities for peer teaching (student presentations)
Courtesy of Dr. Mroch

Breakout Rooms

  • Structured time
  • Assigned roles (group spokesperson to report back)
  • Clear expectations (is each group assigned 1 questions or expected to answer all questions?)
  • Drop in on groups to see if they need help and to gauge timing

Dr. Jackson's Worksheet

Why it works!
  • Clearly organized by objective
  • Clinically applicable questions
  • Aligns to pre-lecture slides

Courtesy of Dr. Jackson

Dr. Palpant's Tropical Jeopardy

Why it works!
  • Review game- “Tropical Jeopardy”
  • Learning objectives clearly stated
  • Key Concepts outlined
  • Pre-class materials
  • Keeps students engaged
  • Helps students apply/review concepts

Dr. Wisor's Scalding Hot Fries

Why it works!
  • Allows students to connect concepts from pre-class materials
  • Applies learning objectives into real life situations

Courtesy of Dr. Wisor

Multimedia

Audio

Visuals

Watch as Dr. Palpant helps students learn about giardia with beautiful images

Courtesy of Dr. Palpant and Anna Tang

Wrap-Up Your Lecture

  • Include a summary slide or key takeaways 
Courtesy of Dr. Palpant

Evidence

The primacy and recency effects maximize student learning by interspersing passive and active learning.

Courtesy of Dr. Bowen

Short, applicable videos had higher student satisfaction ratings

Choe et al. “Student Satisfaction and earning Outcomes in Asynchronous Online Lecture Videos”. 2019

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