5 tips for turning lectures into more effective learning experiences.

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Tweaking Lectures
Session Instructional
Tweaking Lectures to Enhance
Learning
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90%
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Learning down the drain
Source: Hermann Ebbinghaus
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15 Minute Objectives:
o Identify 5 quick tips
to boost lecture learning
o Cite key reasons for why
they matter
o Be able to share tips and
reasons with your presenters
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Slides at: http://slidesha.re/tweak-lectures
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5 Quick Tips:
1. Prune It
2. Chunk It in 10s
3. Stimulate the Senses
4. Remember to Repeat to
Remember
5. Make It Active
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Prune It
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Why Prune It?
- Minimizes extraneous
material
- Exposes the core
concepts
- Opens up time for
“digestion
See: Made to Stick
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Chunk It in 10s
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Why Chunk It?
- Helps maintain
interest
- Heads off multi-
tasking
- Gives brain time to
process
See: John Medina
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Hot Muffins
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Especially
this one
3 Stimulate the Senses
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Hearing and
Seeing
Hearing only
Seeing only
50%
30%
Reading only
20%
10%
% Retention after 14 Days
Source: Edgar Dale, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching
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Why Multiple Senses?
- Aids processing in
working memory
- Aids retrieval from
long-term memory
See: Richard Mayer, John Medina
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Remember to Repeat to Remember 4
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
Remember to Repeat to Remember
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Why Repetition?
- Initially, aids “encoding”
– i.e., gets it in
- At intervals, aids
“retrieval” – i.e., gets
it out
See: Hermann Ebbinghaus, John Medina
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5 Make It Active
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Why Make It Active?
- Makes it about the
learner
- Makes it concrete,
relevant
- Taps prior experience
& knowledge
- Increases memory
See: Dewey, Knowles, Medina
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5 Quick Tips:
1. Prune It
2. Chunk It in 10s
3. Stimulate the Senses
4. Remember to Repeat to
Remember
5. Make It Active
#PCMA12 www.tagoras.com

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15 Minute Objectives:
✔ o Identify 5 quick tips
to boost lecture learning
✔ o Cite key reasons for why
they matter
o Be able to share tips and
reasons with your presenters
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Homework:
Make a plan for sharing these
tips with your presenters.
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Contact
Jeff Cobb
• jcobb@tagoras.com
• 919.201.7460
• www.tagoras.com
• @tagoras
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