| Facilitator: |
Professors David Kember and Carmel McNaught
Professors of Learning Enhancement
Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research
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| Detail: |
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This
series of seminars explored effective ways to engage students in a variety
of learning activities. Each seminar focused on one type of teaching and
learning situation. Practical advice were given by the facilitator for each
session based both on strategies used in her or his own teaching and on
relevant research literature.
In all seminars the issue of how to implement new strategies without unduly
increasing your workload were addressed.
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| 1.
Interactive
teaching in large lecture settings |
by
Prof. Carmel McNaught
26 Feb 2003
In this seminar two aspects of the design and enactment of interactive
large group teaching were discussed. These aspects were: 1) planning
large group teaching so as to focus explicitly on student learning
needs; and 2) skills needed during teaching sessions. Participants
were encouraged to make decisions about how the ideas in this seminar
could be applied in their own teaching. This was done by the use of
a personal self-assessment checklist.
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| 2.
Stimulating
student discussion in seminars and tutorials |
by
Prof. David Kember
5 Mar 2003
Two common problems in smaller class teaching will be addressed:
that awful silence
lack of preparation.
Main topics will include:
planning
types of activities
managing activities
questioning techniques
de-briefing
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| 3.
Using online discussions forums for learning concepts and professional
skills |
by
Prof. Carmel McNaught
12 Mar 2003
In this seminar these questions will be explored and guidelines for running effective and active online forums will be presented.
What
types of concepts and professional skills can be supported well
by online discussion forums?
Is extensive use of online forums appropriate at CUHK where most
of the students are full-time and on-campus?
Should students' contributions to online forums be assessed?
If so, how might this be done?
Can online forums be used without an enormous increase in teachers'
workload?
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| 4.
Peer
assessment by students |
by
Prof. David Kember
19 Mar 2003
The
seminar will give examples of the use of peer assessment for:
presentation skills
projects and group work
professional skills
marking reports
writing
web-based interaction
The following questions will be addressed:
How is it used?
Why do it?
Does it work?
Which factors make it work well?
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| 5.
Writing
laboratory manuals to maximize students' engagement in practical work |
by
Prof. Carmel McNaught
26 Mar 2003
In this session we will explore these questions:
Why is laboratory work commonly used in Science, Health Science
and Engineering programmes?
How effective is the design of many laboratory programmes?
Even if the experiments are useful, are the manuals designed to assist
students to learn from the experience?
What is the role of problem-oriented laboratory exercises and manuals?
How can ‘tired’ laboratory manuals be revitalized? Who
should do the work? How long does it take?
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| 6.
Assessment of individual contributions to group projects |
by
Prof. David Kember
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