Two Pills Tips: Step Away from the Podium!

Give more and get more from your audience!

Resources:

http://www.pnas.org/content/111/23/8410

https://community.acue.org/blog/three-misconceptions-using-active-learning-stem/

https://news.aamc.org/medical-education/article/flipped-classrooms-scrapping-traditional-lectures-/

• “Universities were founded in Western Europe in 1050 and lecturing has been the predominant form of teaching ever since”

• Scott Freeman, University of Washington

• “It’s almost unethical to be lecturing if you have this data…an abundance of proof that lecturing is outmoded, outdated, and inefficient.”

• Eric Mazur, Harvard University 

• Our Learners

• Self-directed, problem-centered, prefer active involvement

• Millennial learners are participatory and prefer assembling information

• Need to recall extensive amounts of practical information

• Why active learning?

• Meta-analysis of 225 undergrad STEM studies

• Comparing student performance when exposed to traditional lecture vs. lecture with active learning

• Performance

• Traditional lecture = 34%

• Active learning = 22%

• Exam scores ↑ 6%

• Letter grade ↑ C+ to B-

• Active Learning

• Student centered

• Knowledge structures changing

• Contextualized knowledge

• Small groups

• Student dialogue

• Transformational

• Passive Learning

• Teacher centered

• Passive learning/memorization

• Knowledge out of context

• Individual

• Student listening

• Traditional