Tuesday, November 7, 2017. 5:30-6:30pm, Chadbourne Main Lounge
What makes for a great classroom experience!
- Opportunities to participate
- Classroom is inclusive
- Content is relevant and applicable
- Regular feedback
- Getting course feedback from students during the semester
- Course and course work is presented efficiently (organized)
- Opportunities for hands-on experience with the content
- Content includes real-world examples
Traits of instructors in the great classroom:
- Energetic
- Open-minded
- Respectful
- Creative
- Thought provoking
- Casual
- Caring
- They realize that students aren’t experts
Things that do not make for a great classroom experience:
- Overpriced textbooks
- Pacing, (too slow or too fast)
- Hard to read pdf’s and other scanned material
- Power points that are not updated
- Exams that are not appropriate for course content
- Oversharing of personal information
Instructor traits in a not great classroom experience:
- Judgmental
- Boring
- Outdated
- Disinterested
- Stale