3. Course delivery

TIPS:
  • Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations, actively involving students in the learning process.
  • Aim to promote the Graduate Student Attributes, e.g., problem solving and critical thinking, ethics, professionalism, and learning how to learn - rather than memorization of facts. e.g., Focus on teaching prospective teachers how to teach, how to deal with student issues, equality, ethics - not on basic facts. 
Ask yourself: 
  1. Will students remember the … [circumference of the volleyball] in a month, or a year? In five years? 
  2. Will they need to remember it or can they just find the info in their pocket (Google it) when they will need it?

Dr Ro, the best teacher

A sample e-tivity (Salmon, 2013), used on a Training course for Academic Staff. 
[The 2 videos -and the 3 bloopers- are fun. Each is less than 60".]

E-tivity 1.2. A learning leader. 

​Purpose: To explore the idea and qualities of ‘learning leadership’.
Brief summary of task: List the qualities of your greatest teacher.
Spark: Watch the two short videos below. Are you a good teacher? Liza Warwick interviews Dr Ro, the best academic teacher. What does it take to be the best? "You have to like teaching." Well, at least that is a good start... [Perhaps others need to like your teaching as well?]

Take 1


Transcript: -Dr Ro, what do you do for work? -I am an academic! -Are you a good teacher? -Of course! I am very good, in fact I am the best! -How do you know? -I like it! -Well, that is a good start, but is it enough?

Take 2

Transcript: -Dr Ro, what do you do for work? -I help people change their lives and their futures! -Aha! You are a teacher! Are you a good teacher? -Of course! I am very good, in fact I am the best! -How do you know? -Easy! Let me explain. It is because …
Individual work:
  1. Think of a teacher who had a positive and enduring impact on your personal or professional life.
  2. Go to the [Wiki]. You can see how the Wiki is laid out.
  3. List some of the characteristics of your teacher. Why was he or she such a good teacher? List as many words as you wish. Note: it does not matter if other participants have listed similar or identical descriptions or keywords.
  4. Consider the qualities of a learning leader in the future. Will these be similar to the ones required today?

 Interaction begins: Review and reply to two other participants’ posts.

 Schedule & Time: This task should be completed by < xxxx>. It should take 60 minutes in total.
 Next: Move to eTivity 1.3.

 Earn a Badge: ...

 
Additional reading:
1. Arnon, S., & Reichel, N. (2007). Who is the ideal teacher? Am I? Similarity and difference in perception of students of education regarding the qualities of a good teacher and of their own qualities as teachers. Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice, 13(5), 441-464.
2. Nine Characteristics of a Great Teacher by Maria Orlando, EdD

​Video production bloopers by Dr Ro