Andrew Gradall

I appreciated the group ice breaker idea for use on day one of the course, so that groups can begin to get to know and be comfortable working together, and then using groups in class time to present topics as well. I'll be doing both of these in my next class.

I liked the advice about practicing with a screen behind you so that you can refer to it and be more comfortable interacting with the images and content before your lecture.

I appreciated the insight that multiple choice with 2 or more correct answers effectively makes it a series of true and false statements instead, with all their pros, cons, and needed careful writing techniques included.

Having students reflect on what they learned through group work seems helpful. I had groups that didn't want any groups work in their class and struggled with identifying any positives.

I think asking other students to expand on answers is a great way to include more of the class in a discussion of ideas with peers as well as their professors. Its a little less intimidating. Using names is also more personal if not putting a student on the spot too much.

The practical examples was helpful to think through. Even how to make a lecture more appealing with breaks that are useful to kinesthetic learners.

This module had me thinking through how to make some of the technical lectures more hands on and break down the intense parts into 15 mini lectures.

The name tents idea would have helped me with my last class. I'll be trying it with the next.

The Degree, or D, of the A-D components of instructional objectives stuck out to me. The idea that some topics or concepts probably require less than 100% proficiency, while others can be 100% and life and death matters in the medical field is a good exercise to weight your course teaching times on ideas.

I found the balance of being a motivator and the concern not to be a baby-sitter interesting. Its a balance to encourage and steer students to more productive engagement in a positive, yet strictly professional manner.