Jace HargisOrganization… provide daily SLO’s and make conceptual transitions; Try not to “Cover” material, but rather “Uncover”; Create supportive environment and provide a Link between emotion and learning.

1. Effective Lectures
Jace Hargis, PhD

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Two Major Possible Issues with
Lectures…
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Are they connected to SLOs?
(and how do you know)
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Do they attend to learner
attentive capacity?

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10 Effective Lecture Best Practices
1. Organization… provide daily SLO’s
and make conceptual transitions
2. Try not to “Cover” material, but
rather “Uncover”
3. Create supportive environment.
Link between emotion and
learning.

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4. Learning Styles - provide activities to
account for differences.
5. Teach for long-term memory.
Structure assignments, activities and
assessments for sustainability.
6. Higher-level thinking.
Application, analysis &
synthesis.

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7. Authentic assessment - Measure learning
closely aligned to SLO.
8. Real-world apps - Learning multiplied
when perceived relevance.
9. Require “active learners”
Lectures invite passivity.
10. Be engaging - Learning rests on
engagement, which
requires attention.

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Speak Engagingly
1. Be conversational.
2. Gauge audience reaction and adjust.
3. Use your voice effectively.
4. Achieve eye contact with entire room.
5. Be enthusiastic and energetic.
6. Tell Stories.
7. Use boards effectively.
8. Create pictures verbally.
9. Tailor your style.
10. Request involvement.

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Organization – Before Class
1. Have a plan for grading.
2. Consider room size when constructing
assignments & assessment.
3. Create groups for active learning.
4. Vary your daily plans.
5. Plan ways students to contact you.
6. Course materials through Sakai.
7. Arrive 10 minutes early.

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Organization - During Class
1. Provide daily SLOs.
2. Move around room, making eye contact.
3. Be aware of technology.
4. Regularly engage students
at the farthest reaches of the room.
5. Speak clearly and project.

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Organization - After Class
1. Reflect on the experience…
Were a number of students engaged?
2. Ask yourself…
“Do the students’ performances
suggest they were able to
achieve the SLO’s?”
If so, how do you know?
If not, how can you better
prepare?

10. Thanks!
Jace Hargis, PhD