Why? Think-Group-Share creates an engaging moment in lesson that capitalises on discussion and reflection and has a positive impact on student understanding and performance (Habel and Stubbs, 2014). Technique This activity is a modified version of Think-Pair-Share and explores the use of technology enriched learning. It goes beyond getting an answer “right” and focuses…
Creative Large Group Teaching – the aftermath
Thank you to all those that attended and participated in our workshop session at the Learning at City Conference. In our session we introduced a number of techniques and technologies that could be used to enable creative large group teaching. We talked about how education is changing and our learning spaces need to reflect these…
Creative large group teaching
Around a fifth of all teaching at City occurs in rooms that fit 80 or more students. Lecture theatres with more than 150 seats and more than 200 seats currently report almost back to back teaching according to timetabling. Is teaching in large groups the best way for students to learn? What are the alternatives…
Social Media for Training Review
I attended the UCISA Social Media for Training Conference and here are my take-away points. Ideas for online tools to develop more effective meetings At the LDC, we’ve been thinking of more effective ways of managing meetings and I got some ideas from Joe Nicholls who presented on a staff development workshop which look at…