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Teaching & Learning Tips 5: Making lectures more “active”
Author(s) -
Ko Lauren N.,
Rana Jasmine,
Burgin Susan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.13701
Subject(s) - medicine , process (computing) , active learning (machine learning) , medical education , mathematics education , multimedia , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence , operating system
Challenge: Although lecturing is an efficient method for the dissemination of information, it has long been criticized for learner passivity and diminished knowledge retention. Active learning strategies to engage the audience in the learning process can facilitate a bidirectional flow of ideas and content between teacher and students during a lecture to keep learners engaged and participating.