S'24 Faculty Workshop Series on Teaching & Learning, wksp #4: The Art of the Enhanced Lecture (Part II): Active Teaching = Active Engaged Learning by Our Students

Faculty Seminar Series on Teaching & Learning

Theme: "Outstanding teachers... know what and how their students learn"

 “they achieved remarkable success in helping their students learn in ways that made a sustained, sustainable, and positive influence on how those students think, act, and feel.” 

K. Bain, What the best college teachers do

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You are invited to join a dynamic learning community by participating in this specially designed workshop series for all faculty (across all disciplines and rank). We’ll share strategies and best practices from research-based pedagogy. Come and meet new colleagues. Great conversations and handouts guaranteed.

Session 4 The Art of the Enhanced Lecture (Part II): Active Teaching = Engaged Active Learning by Our Students

Students: Being in class is so boring. I’m not learning anything and I’m  just sitting here.

Teacher: Why aren’t the students more engaged? This content is so exciting and important

 The lecture mode is the oldest teaching method and the traditional lecture method is the most widely used across the world (Smith & Valentine, 2012).  However, when compared to other teaching methods, it is often not as effective in areas such as student retention of information, transfer of knowledge, and problem-solving. 

 Last semester, we offered Part I which focused on how to design your course and structure the content for helping your students learn more efficiently. This spring for Part II,  we will focus on supporting our students to be more  active and reflective partners in their learning. Learning is not a spectator sport (Chickering & Gamson). Students must be cognitively, physically, and affectively engaged for deeper learning and retention to occur. A bonus is the opportunity to informally assess your students learning. Join this session to explore and implement effective active learning strategies for enhancing your lecture. 

*This workshop counts towards completion of any of CITL's Teaching Certificates. To learn more about our Teaching Certificate program please visit https://go.illinois.edu/teaching_certificates.