Activity Three

Activity Three

I talked to two colleagues and asked them the following questions and got the following responses:-

How do you incorporate flexibility in your teaching?

Colleague One

·                Vary delivering styles

·                Handouts which I go over with my students

·                Demonstrate concepts on Whiteboard

·                Use tools such as Visualiser

·                Hands-on learning exercises

·                Use narrative teaching

·                Use of Moodle

·                Use of on-line research

Coleague Two

·                On-line material

·                Activities that can be done in or out of class

·                Many ways of communicating with lecturers and other students:  Moodle, Facebook, Twitter, email, phone, face to face.

Who are your students?

Colleague One

·                Mainly young males, handful of mature students, smattering of females and a large percentage of socially challenged students.

Colleague Two

·                The people enrolled in my course.

When designing courses how do you consider time, delivery and logistics, entry requirements, content and instructional approaches and resources?

Colleague One

·                Aim at middle of the class.  Extension for faster students.  Recognise and provide peer support for weaker members of the class.

·                More material then time but make sure that the core is always covered.

·                Provide sequential step by step instruction.

·                On-line as well as handout instructions

Colleague Two

·                Use time available, balance new material and practical application

·                For delivery use PowerPoint, demonstration and written activities

·                For entry requirements I assume students are at level appropriate for the course

·                Try to have as much supported discovery learning as possible

·                Design courses to fit the resources that we have