JiTT Just-in-Time-Teaching Presentation by Elisabeth Nedergaard, Danish partner of the CIRCE project

JiTT is: The abbreviation of the concept "Just-in- Time-Teaching” a concept developed in the USA around the year 2000

JiTT is: A strategy built on the interaction between: web activities of the students and Normal class room teaching

Illustration of the principle

The basic elements of JiTT: ”Warm-ups” Normal class room teaching on basis of the warm-ups ”Puzzles” (at the end of a theme – before the last lesson) Web resources for homework

The advantages of JiTT A better student home work preparation for the lessons A higher degree of student participation in the learning process Higher independence of the students Better possibility for the teacher to meet the students at the right level Measurable learning outcome

Problems with JiTT The preparation phase for the whole sequence as well as for the individual lesson is very demanding for the teacher For the teacher it can be a stress factor to find the time to read all the student answers to the warm-ups and prepare for their use in class immediately before each lesson

How to do? I Choose the theme of the sequence of lessons Decide on the number of lessons Present the project to the students (each student will need a computer at home and a connection to the internet!) Prepare the necessary on-line resources (web pages with relevant texts, images, links to back- ground materials etc.)

How to do? II Prepare the warm-up exercises for each lesson (only three to four questions per lesson!) Decide on how and when the warm-up exercises should be answered by the students Choose the different ways in which the student results of the warm-up exercises can be presented and used with pedagogical effect in class

How to do? III Prepare a deeper going exercise or “puzzle” to prepare for an evaluation of the student outcome at the end of the course Go!

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