Likewise Phil Race has a great system of holding up one or two hands
depending upon the level of agreement of the audience.
Interactivity in a tiered lecture theatre is always a challenge, so if
the groups are so constrained I try and put in a 'talk to the person
next to you' activity.
Neither are rocket science!
Chris
Student Development Officer
Skills@Library (formerly Skills Centre)
University of Leeds
15 Blenheim Terrace
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Sent: 06 October 2008 09:53
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Subject: Re: Teaching large groups
Chris - a very very tiny thing that I often do is to use 'fist-to-five'
as a feedback method - like 'hands up if...' only everyone has to
indicate a score - clenched fist for zero through to all fingers
extended for five-out-of-five. Every member of the group can also look
around to get the same evaluative snapshot as the lecturer. Quite often
I then ask students to tell each other why they gave the score they did
- a lovely way to get some student-to-student interaction going.
I'm not claiming that this could be lebelled "very good practice" or
indeed especially "innovative", and perhaps it is already widespread,
but if there's anyone who doesn't use it, I'd thoroughly recommmend the
technique.
Martin Hampton
ASK
University of Portsmouth
>>> Christine Keenan <[log in to unmask]> 06/10/2008 09:33 >>>
Dear colleagues
Here at Bournemouth University, we are now in a phase where we are faced
with teaching very large groups, for example, 250+ students at a time in
large lecture theatres with the obvious knock on issues relating to
seminars and marking.
Does anyone on the list have any examples of really good practice in
their own institutions where people are using interesting and innovative
ways of working with such large groups? We do have some lecture
theatres set up with the personal response systems, so that is one way
of getting every student involved, but, I am wondering if people have
other ideas that they'd be willing to share with us.
Best wishes
Chris
Christine Keenan
Learning and Teaching Fellow
School of Design, Engineering & Computing Bournemouth University Poole
House Fern Barrow Poole Dorset
BH12 5BB
Tel: 01202 965307
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