What is Interactive Lecturing?
Interactive lecturing blends traditional lecture methods with active learning strategies to enhance student engagement and participation. Rather than simply delivering information, this approach prompts students to think critically, engage in discussions, and apply concepts throughout the lecture.
Features and Benefits of Interactive Lecturing
- Active involvement
- Increased attention and motivation
- Immediate feedback
- Increased student and instructor satisfaction
In interactive lectures, instructors usually present material for a part of the class before giving students a chance to apply what they鈥檝e learned. This cycle of lecture and application activity continues throughout the session. One approach to building interactive lectures is to consider flipping the classroom. In a flipped classroom, the typical education process is inverted, so that students gain knowledge before class and instructors guide students interactively to apply that knowledge during class.
Why Use Interactive Lecturing?
Interactive lecturing exemplifies evidence-based practices of active learning:
- A by Freeman et al. (2014) indicated improvement of student performance in active learning classes.
- Researchers at the University of Washington reported that switching from traditional lecture methods to narrowed the achievement gaps of underrepresented students in STEM classes.
- helps to facilitate transfer from working memory to long-term memory.
Strategies to Build Interactive Lectures
Resources
Angelo, T., & Cross, P. (1993). . Jossey-Bass.
Davis, B. G. (2009). . 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass.
鈥,鈥 an article from Yvonne Steinert & Linda Snell, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.
鈥,鈥 a resource from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University
鈥,鈥 an article by Rick Sullivan and Noel McIntosh with strategies for asking questions of students and advice specific to lectures in medical education settings
鈥,鈥 a blog post about why lectures are still so popular by blogger,
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