Delivering Course Content | Origin: ED101
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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.
Developing the course content involves reading the book and brakeing it down into the key concepts, and deciding on what process will be involved it teaching it to the students.
I think the different learning styles allows the educator to become creative; it is an opportunity to utilize different methods to assist students with their learning needs and retainment. To do so, the educator must be familiar and comfortable with the content and lesson plans.
Including students in the demonstrations, like having them be your hands, can help keep students engaged and the lesson in more likely to be retained.
I think going through the lesson plan prior to teaching would be the part that makes me feel the most prepared. Plan for ideal and plan for setbacks.
I’ve learned that delivering course content effectively means more than just presenting information—it’s about engaging students and making the material clear and meaningful. I’ve found that using a variety of teaching methods, like discussions, visuals, and real-life examples, helps keep students interested and improves understanding. Moving forward, I plan to continue exploring different ways to present content so that I can meet the diverse learning needs of my students and keep them actively involved in the learning process.
Create lectures that aren't overwhelmingly long. Create case studies and problem-based thinking activities. This gives students the opportunity to use the information given during the lecture and apply it during this class activities. This keeps them motivated.
Instructors wear several hats in a class. The variety of approaches discussed in the module offer options on how to effectively present the material. Students need to have a comfortable and appealing learning experience that will enable them to fully comprehend the subject matter. It is the instructor's responsibility to adopt a creative approach that best fits the needs of the students.
A variety of teaching methods can capture students attention and make learning more dynamic. Active learning and application of knowledge lead to better retention, comprehension, adaptability and collaboration skills.
In this module I learned that students learn in different learning styles. Tactile, Visual and Auditory are some of the styles that students use to learn different topics.
Use a varied approach to delivery and have the opportunity to adapt students' learning styles.
Being comfortable in the subject and practicing delivery is important. To keep the students engaged, shorter lectures and activities or examples of real-world scenarios are key. Also, making sure all learning styles are being met throughout class is important.
Help the students with activities and communication how they can learn something about themselves.
I need to learn to break up the class content into 15 minutes units. If possible, I would like to have a real-world example of how the information will work in the field.
budgeting time for questions is just as helpful as cutting lectures down to 10 - 15 minutes lengths. it helps keep the attention of students more engaged
The hardest part of teaching is getting the students to learn something about themselves. They need to take the time to realize their strengths and weaknesses, and it is our job to foster them learning self-awareness. We give the content, push students to question their assumptions and then create opportunities forthem to learn about themselves.
Having a variety of educational methods will help students that learn differently. Break up topics with a lot of information, we can only retain so much and our attention spans begin to falter.
Within this topic i learned that learning styles will vary, and that all of the learning styles can be met without losing the goal of students obtaining and retaining material.
I’ve learned that people don’t all learn the same way, and that really matters when it comes to keeping students interested and actually remembering what we teach. Mixing things up, like adding real-life problem-solving examples into lectures helps keep them engaged.
It’s also super important to plan lessons ahead of time. It makes things smoother for both the students and the instructor. When you’re prepared, you’re more confident, and your students can tell.
Also, don’t be afraid to switch up your teaching style if something isn’t working. Flexibility is key. And lastly, building in moments for questions, discussion, or quick check-ins can go a long way in making sure students stay on track.
I learned that attending to different learning styles is vitally important to student engagement and retention of information. Additionally, a variety of lecture types, particularly problem -solving scenarios in lectures, results in high engagement. Lesson planning is vitally important to both student and instructor success.
