Get Your Students Hired
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Effective Teaching Strategies --> Delivering Course Content
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Through this course, I’ve learned valuable strategies to ensure my classroom runs effectively. I now understand the importance of starting each day fully prepared and making myself available to students both before and after class. Greeting students at the door helps set a positive tone. Additionally, I’ve learned that lectures should be kept to around 15 minutes for maximum engagement. If a longer lecture is necessary, it’s important to break it up with short pauses or incorporate activities that reinforce the material covered.
I have learned that lesson plans keep you focused on how to prepare for each class session.
It is important to practice the demonstrations before class so there is a lesser chance of things not working or identifying issues before the start of the lab/demo.
Demonstrations and labs are important for learning, just make sure to practice them ahead of time to make sure you teach and do the demonstrations effectively
The topic covers various methods of student engagement, including problem-based learning, case studies, computer-based learning and interactive lectures. These approaches aim to promote deeper understanding and accommodate different learning styles, increasing student engagement and skill development
Put students to work right away in small groups or individually. After a demonstration, the students are excited to try the procedures or tasks themselves. Get them to the activities immediately. Immediate use of newly acquired knowledge is always effective.
student lectures should be 10 to 15 minute short and should be practiced and prepared for good delivery as well as variable to relate to every student from front to back row
Smaller bites of lecture at 15 minutes are shown to be more effective for student engagement, interest, and therefore learning potential.
Choosing a lecture style that best suits the students is more important that choosing a lecture style that I am most comfortable with.
Once I learned about the shorter lectures. I was able to incorporate so much more information, activities, and group work. This makes for a very exciting class time. and I always leave a few minutes for each student to give their take a way for the day.
The more prepared an instructor is, the better they can guide the class through any situation that arises.
Preparation is the key to success when preparing your class. The better prepared you are the more you can lead the class through everything that could come up.
Having a plan for your class demonstrates the behavior we expect from our students. Modeling professional behavior is the most effective way to encourage professional behavior.
As a new instructor, I have learned I must strive the best learning experience for the students by implementing all four types of learning styles so students can succeed in class.
Planning is big part of how your class is going to be that particular day. Utilizing all the resources and demonstrating the lectures will have the students be more engaged.
I learned the importance of proper delivery of the lecture content. Just because a lot of time and care was put into the creation of the lecture, if the delivery isn't up to par, the process was a failure
I learned, when you as an instructor prepared ahead for class, using all the resources available to you, utilizing different methods for delivering the material. Be organized and knowledgeable of the course material you will be presenting to your class.
I learned confidence and the delivery way of each lecture is different on each student, not everybody learns the same way and not everybody studies the same way, to teach and learn different techniques for each student it helps them all to learn the way that is best for them.