
What Happened When I Stopped Lecturing
…class becomes a lecture on ethical systems and viewpoints from which students must infer their own positions from values that might not align with their moral outlook. When I first…

…class becomes a lecture on ethical systems and viewpoints from which students must infer their own positions from values that might not align with their moral outlook. When I first…

…With this in mind, I developed a few strategies that have helped my students learn what to learn and how to learn during my lectures. Here is my step-by-step sequence…

…be creating the lectures. The easiest method of putting lectures online is with live video conferencing. Nearly all LMSs have built-in video conferencing ability, and if it is not available…

…breaks implemented in huge, mid-afternoon, three-hour lectures by disengaged instructors might prove wholly ineffective in preventing students from distracting themselves. We also must note that shutting down a lecture for…
…items from the box [Magnum 27]. Announce at the beginning of the lecture that you will ask a student to summarize the lecture at the end of the class. Or…
…frustrated with the more traditional lecture and textbook methods. I started to work with a variety of teaching methods, which encompasses more of the visual, auditory, and even the kinesthetic…
…the lecture. It offers a reflection from previous lesson and gives a good segue to the next. b. If you’re late?—no luck, typically easy marks too!! c. If class is…

…one-hour lectures a week, plus six one-hour sections of recitation. I stopped giving the Friday lecture when I implemented the Front Row format. Two students from each section (a different…
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