Communication and Facilitation

Susan M. Stein, DHEd, MS, BS Pharm, RPh

Objectives

• Classify important components for an effective lecture or presentation

• Select what to avoid/embrace when lecturing• Identify students’ learning ability• Interpret learning style inventory and apply to

teaching style

147 Practical Tips

• Be the Expert• Be the Formal Authority• Be a Socializing Agent• Be a Facilitator• Be an Ego Ideal• Be a Person

Magnan, R. (1990). 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Professors. Madison; Atwood.

7 Principles to Facilitate Learning

• Encourage contact between students & faculty• Develop reciprocity & cooperation among students• Encourage active learning• Give prompt feedback• Emphasize time on task• Communicate high expectations• Respect diverse talents and way of learningChickering AW, Gamson ZF. (1987). Seven principles for good practice in

undergraduate education. AAHE Bull;39:3-7.

Activity: Think-Pair-Share

• Partner with someone near you and answer the following:– What format of teaching have you seen or taught

and how many students were being taught?– Name one advantage and disadvantage for each

format

Ideas: Team Teach Format

• Is this for you and your subject matter?• Professors Preach 10 Commandments of Team

Teachinghttp://news.stanford.edu/news/2006/march15/team-031506.html

Other Teaching Formats

• Classroom Environment– Location, design, space

• Critical Learning, questioning and discussions– Involve the students by preparing and leading– Natural critical learning system– Facilitated discussions and case studies

• Provide outlines, use Elmo– Writing shown to increase retention

Why do we lecture?

• Original form of sharing information before print• What’s the use of lectures anyway? Donald Blighhttp://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/teach/instructionalstrategies/lectures.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwslBPj8GgI&feature=watch-vrec

• Powerpoint tipshttp://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1584#comments

Dog Training Tips for you to use when you are trying to train your dog

• You should be consistent when training your dog.• You should be sure to include the entire family in the

process of training your dog to avoid undoing the training.• Everyone should agree on hand/body movements you will

all use since dogs are not verbal learners and movements tend to be more powerful in training.

• Prompt feedback and reward is as important as consistency when you are training the dog.

• You should try using different things to motivate a dog such as treats or toys or scratching ears/neck as in a massage when correct activity completed

Tips for Dog Training

• Consistent and prompt feedback

• All members use same system

• Hand/body movements > powerful than voice

• Vary rewards

Reading Slides

• You would be surprised how often educators are actually reading the slides they create for the students. Many students then simply disengage since they realize the entire lecture will follow the same pattern. Sometimes it can be powerful; most times, it is not.

Powerful Slide Reading

• Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Don't think of organ donations as giving up part of yourself to keep a total stranger alive. It's really a total stranger giving up almost all of themselves to keep part of you alive. ~Author Unknown

Skip the Power Point

• Outlines work: try them• If not providing same presentation to the

students, tell them• This is the end of this Power Point

presentation…