This document outlines the agenda and assignments for an instructional strategies course for teaching in medicine. It includes: - Introductions and an expectations exercise from students - A guided inquiry activity where students will be organized into groups to review and discuss different teaching models - An overview of the course site and assignments which includes a paper on reasons for teaching, a group presentation on an instructional strategy, developing an instructional strategy blog post, and a final reflection blog post.

1. Instructional Strategies
forTeaching in Medicine
September 8, 2016
ADLT 672

2. Agenda
•Welcome and Introductions
•Your expectations for the course
•A guided inquiry (POGIL) exercise in
models for teaching
•An introduction to our course site on
Blackboard,
https://blackboard.vcu.edu/
•Assignments for next week

3. For tonight, organize yourselves by
years of teaching experience
•Form a single line based on number of
years of teaching experience
•Count off by four – 1, 2, 3, 4
•Like numbers sit at a table for a needs
assessment and our POGIL exercise on
teaching models

4. Introduce yourself to others at the table
We will use Poll Everywhere – Polling Strategies
in RealTime
If you are willing, get out your smart phone to
participate

5. How Poll Everywhere Works
Website
• Audience can respond at PollEv.com/timevcu, as
long as the poll is active.
Text messaging
• Audience texts to 37607 to with message line
that reads TIMEVCU (no subject line) to join the
session.You will get a response you have joined
the site.Then text a response to each question.

6. A modified
“POGIL”
Exercise –
Process-
Oriented
Guided
Inquiry
Learning
Work in
groups of 4
or 5
Assign roles
in your
team:
leader,
recorder,
reporter,
and
facilitator
How it
works:
Review
each model
Answer
questions
Recorder
records!
Name each
model
Report out
An Introduction
to Perspectives
onTeaching

7. Assignments
Why ITeach? Written Paper
Short presentation on instructional strategies topic 5-7
slides, 20-25 minutes, pairs or triads)
Instructional Strategy – developed on your blog page
Peer Feedback on your instructional strategy
Final, End of Course Reflection on your blog

8. After class,
• Why ITeach? Paper due next week
• After Class ONLY, complete theTeaching Perspectives
inventory online, www.teachingperspectives.com
• Visit the Blackboard course site,
https://blackboard.vcu.edu
• Register your Rampages account if you do not have one
already (see menu link to Instructional Strategy projects
• Use the Week-by-Week schedule to prepare for next week