Instructional Delivery & Assessment

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Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

Laxmi Gupta

Learning Style

Students have their own learning styles. Some students learn by visual, Some by writing and doing prctice.

Truitt Gaines CHEP

Moving and including.

Moving about the classroom and including each student from time to time engages the student and requires them to partisipate and communicate with the instructor and each other. Asking them if they have had a similar expierience and sharing it with the class keeps them engaged and interested.

Mark Gray

Students and Multimedia presentations

I notice students often tune out during video portions of the class. There is almost a sense that "this is not my text book or instructor so I don't need to pay attention." At the same time, students ay they like to view multimedia content. What is the best way to encourage them to pay the same attention to it (i.e., taking notes) as other formats?

Mark Gray

How to handle students who miss the first class?

First impressions matter and there are always a few students who make these during the second class! What is the best way to give these students who were absent the experience of the first class without disrupting the second session?

Mark Gray

Can a syllabus include too much detail?

We often are encouraged to add more and more to our syllabi such as detailed summaries, assignment descriptions, etc. Isn't there a point where this becomes problematic and may even create anxiety for students? Doesn't it also limit the degree of surprise and anticipation they have for class? or may it even make them think about classes they could miss because they feel they already know about that or have done that before?

Mark Gray

Instruction in the digital age

Many instructional styles we experienced as students and have adapted to our own classrooms were used before the advent of the internet, smart phones, and the "digital classroom." There are a number of studies indicating our students today have different expectations and needs when it comes to instruction. Within these arguments is a notion that lectures don't really "work' any more. How much should an instructor adapt their style to these new needs without minimizing content and learning objectives?

N. Wenger

Keeping Current

In addition to teaching, do you recommend working in your field of study?

N. Wenger

Syllabus

Is it acceptable to give the students a copy of the syllabus in addition to having them sign a syllabus?

N. Wenger

Hand outs

Regarding concern with paper usage,is it acceptable to scan and email power points to students?

N. Wenger

Attention Span

Do you have any suggestions regarding students who come to class tired?

Georgia Leary

Instructing Learner with Disabilities

For assignments use simple and brief wording,use fewer steps with sequence in a manner that lead to a effective approach to the task that can be preformed by the students in a limited amount of time

Mary Koziol

Testing

Selecting the best types of testing with all the different learning styles in your classroom is very important to help determine how well your students are progressing.

Mary Koziol

Assessments

Using different types of assessing outcomes are necessary in most classrooms simply because of the different learning styles you encounter with each class.

Mary Koziol

Questions in classrooms

I think questions during class are as important for the instructor as they are for the student. They are a great form of communication as well as validation of the material being covered.It also is a reminder to be cognizant of the differing learning styles present in each classroom.

Mary Koziol