Adapting to different learning styles
I have been teaching project management courses for several years now. I have changed the information in my assignment examples and case studies to reflect my students understanding of project management. When teaching project management to engineers and IT professional, I incorporate more simulations, MS Project planning activities and scenario base learning modules. I find that this population of students are more technical learners and require the teacher to develop opportunities to where they can use their hard skills in classroom. Some of the other tools that I have used in the class to support different learning styles include, but not limited to:
Playing Youtube Clips
Create a Facebook group for my class
Conduct Power Point presentations
Develop and cover case studies in class
Mini lectures
Group exercises
Round table debates
Playing documentaries and movies
Developing games that incorporate the subject matter
Hi Christopher,
I like the tacky jokes part. All of us teachers seem to be "gifted" with the ability to find and tell tacky jokes that make our student groan. This makes for some fun times in the classroom and helps the student relax a bit as the class gets started each day. After a few day of my tacky jokes my students start to bring them into me which creates an informal connection in relation to the course.
Gary
State changes, lecture, power point, and artwork on the board, accompanied with a few tacky jokes
to let them know you're human
Hi Quiana,
What are some ways you adapt your instructional delivery to meet the different learning preferences of your students?
Gary
Many students have different learning styles. This should be kept in mind just in case you wonder why students learn the way they do. All learning isn't created equal and every one learns differently.
