Evidence of improved learning through interaction in lectures

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Evidence of improved learning through interaction
in lectures

• Associate Professor Manjula Sharma

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Engaged Enquiry
Learning spaces for Engaged Enquiry How are
staff and students at the university using
formal, informal and virtual spaces in ways that
develop Engaged Enquiry outcomes?
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Engaged Enquiry
Learning spaces for Engaged Enquiry How are
staff and students at the university using
formal, informal and virtual spaces in ways that
develop Engaged Enquiry outcomes? Technology
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Technology
Chalk yes or no PowerPoint yes or
no Clickers yes or yes More cool stuff
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Technology
Chalk yes or no PowerPoint yes or
no Clickers yes or yes More cool
stuff To get engaged enquiry we need to enter
the world of Pedadogical purposes
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Stories in lectures
Week one
Week two
Week four
Week three
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Start and end to stories
Buzz
Buzz
Buzz
Quiz Video Clicker
Predict
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Quiz Video Clicker
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Buzz
Boring
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Engagement with lectures
Buzz
Buzz
Buzz
Quiz Video Clicker
Predict
Quiz Video Clicker
Buzz
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Boring
Boring, overlap with school science
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Including tested methods
Clicker Quiz Video-new
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Buzz
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ILD 1
ILD 2
Responsibility on students to learn independently
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Did they learn?
Learning spaces for Engaged Enquiry How are
staff and students at the university using
formal, informal and virtual spaces in ways that
develop Engaged Enquiry outcomes? Evaluate
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Evaluate
Sharma, M. D., Khachan, J., Chan, B. and OByrne,
J. (2005) An investigation of the effectiveness
of electronic classroom communication systems in
large lecture classes. Australasian Journal of
Educational Technology, 21, 137-154. Engaged
enquiry Critical thinking
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Pedagogical purposes
Mange staff cognitive load
Quiz Video Clicker
Quiz Video Clicker
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Pedagogical purposes
Question 1
Correct
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Pedagogical purposes
Question 1
Correct
Question 2
Correct
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Evaluate tension is correct
One technique
Multiple techniques
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Did they learn?
Pre -test
Post -test
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Did they learn?
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More than just models
Predict
Model (Theory)
Observe (Measure)
Explain Remodel
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Thanks
Paul Walker, Ian Sefton, Joe Khachan, Manju
Sharma, Andrew Hopkins, Gordon Roberston, Cathy
Stampfl, Kevin Varvell, Helen Johnston Lecture
Demonstration staff Students Helen Georgiou,
Matthew Hill Sharma, M. D., Johnston, I. D.,
Johnston, H, Varvell, K., Robertson, G., Hopkins,
A., Stewart, C. Cooper, I. and Thornton, R.
(2010) Use of interactive lecture demonstrations
A ten year study. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res.
6(2), 020119. Johnston, H. M., Hopkins, A. M.,
Varvell, K. E., Sharma M. D., Thornton, R. (2007)
The research-teaching nexus in physics
scholarship into teaching and learning,
Australian Physics, 44(2), 66-70.