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Classes that consist mostly of lengthy presentations by the lecturer don't match the
needs of today's students, nor those of instructors. The ease with which information can
be disseminated online – via text, audio materials, videos, games and now even chatbots
– means that meeting in a large hall to listen to a presentation simply isn’t efficient
anymore. Research has proven time and again that long presentations don’t support
students’ cognitive and motivational needs and can create achievement gaps between
students who are good at studying on their own and those who aren’t.
Yet the lecture persists as a popular course format in higher education. If you are
teaching a course in a lecture format, this workshop will show you how to modernize it
and shape it into an activating, engaging experience for learners. The flipped classroom
is a prime example of an interactive lecture format. It doesn’t matter whether you have
40 or 400 students: there are simple things you can do to make your lecture more
engaging, modern, and effective.
This workshop itself is taught in a flipped classroom format, meaning that you will be
able to experience these principles for yourself and see what you might like to apply in
your own teaching. The workshop begins with about four hours of self-study and closes
with a three-hour virtual meeting in which you will be able to ask questions, exchange
ideas and feedback with other instructors, and create a clear vision for how you want to
change your own lecture.
Outcomes:
After this workshop you will be able to

• name challenges facing traditional lectures today.
• design effective lectures for in-person and virtual settings.
• implement activating teaching methods in lectures.
• design lectures in the flipped classroom format.

Content:

• Pros and cons of the flipped classroom
• Planning lectures with the MOMBI model
• How to get students to buy in to an active learning course
• Putting together effective and engaging study materials
• Methods for class sessions in a flipped classroom