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.
Practicing demonstrations before class is an important part of effective instruction. When instructors rehearse skills, procedures, or activities in advance, they become more confident in the delivery of the material and are better prepared to anticipate student questions or challenges.
Both the reminder to practice everything ahead of time - no matter how many times I have done it before - is good for me. Also the reference to short 10-15 minute lectures is good and will drive how I work through my lessons.
I think it is a great idea to prepare yourself for a class beforehand in order to understand what is is you are trying to achieve, and how to most efficiently go about doing your lecture. Most adults have an attention span that will not go over 20 minutes, so being concise in your delivery is key, as well as leaving time for students to go ahead and ask follow-up questions. Proper prevention prevents problems!
It is a good idea to practice your lectures before class starts, like knowing what you are going to say and how you are going to present it. It is also a good idea to record your lectures time to time with your class and re play it after, this shows the instructor ways they may need to improve on.
The attention time span of the adult learner is a good awareness for me. Shorter snippets of information, followed up by a demonstration, and then a time for the students to practice that technique on their own, is something I'd like to practice more readily. I can always go back and lecture briefly on the next idea, do another short demonstration, and have time for them to practice that next technique. Breaking down the learning in this way, may provide more focused learning.
Students like variety in delivery to help keep them focused.
No two classes will have the same learning atmosphere and Not all students will have the same exact learning style. It is important to identify on day 1 the atmosphere of the classroom and the learning styles of your students. This will assist me in providing the proper delivery format at the right time.
Identifying the classes neurological learning preferences and accommodating the breadth of the styles ensures retention! This is wonderful, and I know it works. Everyone learns a little differently - and wisdom is applied experience. Without experience through demonstrating and letting them try it is just knowledge, which is weak in the field.
Plan accordingly, cater to multiple styles of learning, grab their attention, establish rapport, make notes, etc.
Effective course content should support student learning by building from foundational concepts to more complex applications while connecting theory to real-world practice. I plan to apply these principles by carefully selecting and organizing content in my nursing courses.
students might learn differently from other students, you have to be prepared for all styles. Lectures, problems based learning, demonstrations. All must be adapted by you in order to ensue the information is getting across to the student and the only way to do that is to prepare.
Bringing real world experience is greatly beneficial as it helps teach real world applications and helps keep students engaged.
Developing Content
In this section, I learned that perhaps I could record myself teaching to catch potential bad habits and find ways to improve my delivery. I know I sometimes say “um” often, which is a bad habit. I also like the idea of using a decision tree to lay out the topics/concepts as they are covered.
What have you learned from this module and how do you intend to apply it?
Lesson plans are important because they help you focus on what you need to prepare for class. Delivering the material can be done in a variety of ways helps keep the students interested and engaged. Take into consideration the different learning styles when deciding on how to deliver the content. Having a form of notes available while you teach can help keep you on track to know what the important items that need to be discussed is. Overall be creative, be competent, be personable, and select the delivery method that allows the students to learn the material and demonstrate mastery, while enjoying the process tot he maximum extent possible.
From this module it has me thinking of my future classes, and how I can better prepare students for upcoming material. This can be providing learning opportunities outside of the course along with providing demonstrations or pre-work to help them engage before they interact with the material.
When putting your course and demonstration in order, gives students a good ideal of what will be taught and learned.
breaking down lectures into 10-15 block increment is helpful for keeping class engaged.
Arriving early and prepared as well as ways to keep a lecture moving and the student attention span.
This course taught to use the different learning styles and the facts about retention and attention spans. Using different ways to keep students attention.
