1. DESIGNING AND DELIVERING EFFECTIVE LECTURES Jason Adsit

2. Overview and Goals  Lectures: Pros and Cons  11.36254 (ok, make it 12) Practical Tips for Designing and Delivering Effective Lectures

3. But first, a quick exercise…

4. A Quick Exercise  Take two minutes, and do the following:  List three words that you would use to describe a “good” or “effective” lecture – and three words that you would use to describe a “bad” or “ineffective” lecture  Share your thoughts with your neighbor

5. LECTURES: PROS AND CONS

6. Lectures: Some Thoughts…  “When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise their ear to find out if it stopped” – Marcel Achard

7. Lectures: Some Thoughts…

8.  “College is a place where a professor’s lecture notes go straight to the students’ lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either.” – Mark Twain

9. Lectures: Some Thoughts…  “Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.” – Albert Camus

10. Lectures: Some Thoughts  In spite of all the criticism, the lecture…  …remains the most common pedagogical approach in higher education  …is an excellent tool for reaching novice learners (Pinker 1997) and early-stage college students (Perry 1970)

11. Lectures: Some Thoughts  Setting the broad context of a topic or field for novice learners  Disseminating a common set of material to a broad audience  Providing a synthesis of information from various sources  Clarifying complex theoretical information  Reviewing conceptual or systematic knowledge

12. Lectures: Some Thoughts  One final benefit (that is often overlooked):  It provides students with a model of professional practice – and lets them see first-hand how an expert thinks through the material

13. To design and deliver lectures that are informative, engaging, and participatory The Big Challenge:

14. TIPS FOR DESIGNING AND DELIVERING EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

15. Tip #1: Plan Your Lectures  Don’t…ever…wing it  Put in the necessary time and energy to create an effective lecture  Cast a wide net for resources

16. Tip #2: Avoid the Tyranny of Content  Preparation vs. Over-preparation  Attempting to cover too much material causes the lecture to become a race - or competition (with all kinds of bad habits)  Keep it manageable – Try to cover only a few main points and allow your students to have time to process and assimilate the material

17. Tip #3: Know Your Audience  It’s not about teaching – it’s about student learning  Think about the material from the standpoint of the learner – and remember what is was like to learn the material for the first time  Get to know your students  Not just who they are – but how they learn

18. Tip #4: Create a Complete Lecture  Introduction  Body  Conclusion/Summary

19. Tip #5: Stay Organized  Develop Lecture Notes:  Help with pacing (a “script,” so to speak)  Help you manage transitions  Help with time-management  Help keep you “on point”  Help create a foundation for future courses/lectures

20. Tip #6: Engage Your Audience

22. Tip #7: Visual Backups & Support  Incorporate multimedia (pictures, videos, etc.) into your presentation – but be careful not to distract your audience  Keep it simple (http://www.cio.com/special/slideshows/2009/02/ bad_powerpoint/slide03#slideshow)http://www.cio.com/special/slideshows/2009/02/ bad_powerpoint/slide03#slideshow  Keep it relevant  Keep it clear

23. PowerPoint:  Fresh fruit leads Chile's export mix - Chile emerges as major supplier of fresh fruit to world market due to ample natural resources, consumer demand for fresh fruit during winter season in U.S. and Europe, and incentives in agricultural policies of Chilean government, encouraging trend toward diversification of exports and development of nontraditional crops - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Report  Chile is among the developing economies taking advantage of these trends, pursuing a free market economy. This has allowed for diversification through the expansion of fruit production for export, especially to the U.S. and Western Europe. Chile has successfully diversified its agricultural sector to the extent that it is now a major fruit exporting nation. Many countries view Chile's diversification of agriculture as a model to be followed.  Meanwhile, the U.S. remains the largest single market for Chile's fruit exports. However, increasing demand from the EC and Central and East European countries combined may eventually surpass exports to the U.S., spurring further growth in Chile's exports.  If you’ve read this far, your eyes probably hurt and you’ve been reading this tedious long-winded text instead of listening to me. I’m insulted- can’t you see I’m doing a presentation up here? Look at me! Congratulations, however, on having such good eyesight.  Be that there is nothing going on in your awful slide that might confuse the students and the people in the audience…like jargon, or even small type  Another line of useless text  Yet another approach  Still more info that you could have placed in another slide  Who, look at that! More information  Another boring example here..  Maybe some more here  Perhaps we should include a few more lines of text ..and then some additional comments  …and then some more stuff…  Ok, I think I made my point Don’tEvil Be

24. Tip #8: Quality Control  Check the links  Cehck yuor spillneg  Check the technology in the classroom  Have a backup plan  Sock puppets!

25. Tip #9: Enthusiasm

26. Tip #10: Ask Questions

27. Tip #11: Answer Questions

28. Tip #12: Reflection

29. Bonus Tip: Don’t be afraid to take risks

30. Summary  Lectures: Pros and Cons  12 Practical Tips (plus an additional super-duper bonus tip) for Designing and Delivering Effective Lectures

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