The document discusses strategies for making lectures more engaging for students such as think-pair-share activities, interviews, debates, fishbowl discussions, games like "stump the professor", incorporating stories, and phone a friend polling. It also suggests giving students one-minute writing assignments or quizzes for feedback and taking breaks during lectures to lighten the workload for both students and instructors.

1. + Lightening the
lecture load
Joni Dunlap & Ellen Stevens
Center for Faculty Development

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One challenge…

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Wouldn’t it be nice?

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One solution…

5. + Students-do-something-now
strategies

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Think ~ Pair ~ Share

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Interview

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Point-counterpoint

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Fishbowl

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Stump the professor

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Once upon a time…

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Phone a friend

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Other game-like strategies?
 Takea minute to think about how you might
use game-like activities to jazz up a lecture.
 In
small groups, spend a few minutes
sharing your ideas. Select one to quickly
share with the whole group.
 Share.

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A break in the action

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One-minute papers & quizzes

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Changing the tone

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Additional strategies for lightening
the lecture load?