This is my first "emotive response" to these courses so far. This content is so timely in my life! After 36 years of teaching in college and ten online, my recent struggle has been how to use this new medium to its very best and I feel that this is a load of wisdom toward that.
Active learning:
Offer the challenge, and let the students do the work.
Engage.
Call, and elicit response.
Demo, and allow students to ape and evolve.
My takeaway so far:
Guide them into doing what they are there to do. It may look like you're not doing your job as a teacher, but in fact, conducting the orchestra is as big a challenge as playing an instrument. And it's okay to designate time for improv.
