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Slides by Nathan Quinlan from the Teaching and Learning Workshop in Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway, 22 May 2014.
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Some thoughts about teaching and learning
Depth is more important than breadth.
How we learn is more important than what we learn.
We learn by doing.
“You make a great mistake in envying me any of my qualities. Very often what you take for some special quality of mind is merely facility arising from constant practice, and you could do as well or better with like practice.”
Wilbur Wright
What’s our job?
Communicate expert knowledge?
Motivate learning?
Support learning?
Does lecturing work?
How much do you learn from the talks at a conference?
Things I’ve tried
Engagement Engineering Learning Cost Limitations
Student presentations and debates
good good < 0<50 students
how to assure technical content?
Things I’ve tried
Engagement Engineering Learning Cost Limitations
Student presentations and debates
good good <0<50 students
how to assure technical content?
Scrapheap design-build-test great mixed huge
groups
facilities
Scrapheap design-build-test
Scrapheap design-build-test
Things I’ve tried
Engagement Engineering Learning Cost Limitations
Student presentations and debates
good good < 0<50 students
how to assure technical content?
Scrapheap design-build-test excellent mixed huge
groups
facilities
In-class problems + walking around mixed mixed 0
<50 students
room layout
Online video tutorials
[My cousins] told me that they preferred me on YouTube than in person… now they can pause and repeat their cousin… the very last thing you need is another human being saying, "Do you understand this?"
Sal Khan www.khanacademy.org
How many of my students watch?
Views from Ireland only, 2014
examstart of
semester
View
s pe
r day
date
Total: 312 views 2.5 views per student
How much of the video do they watch?fr
actio
n of
vid
eo
wat
ched
time into video (mm:ss)
Average length of view: 47%
How many of my students watch?
Views from Ireland only, sem 2 2013 Vi
ews
per d
ay
date
Total: 484 views 5.3 views per student
How much of the video do they watch?
time into video (mm:ss)
Average length of view: 47%
frac
tion
of v
ideo
w
atch
ed
Setup
Camstudio
Smoothdraw
Calculator
Wacom Pen & Touch (€100)
Webcam or headset mic
VirtualDub for editing
Online discussion and Q&A: piazza.com
Online discussion sample
Online discussion sample
Student opinion of Piazza vs Blackboard
Online Q&A – 4th year
Online Q&A – 3rd year
