Theme: Special Cases: Long Block & Large Lecture Classes
The Lightning Talks speaker event is a reflection and learning forum where Boston University faculty and invited guests identify areas of challenge and opportunity and share strategies for engaging educational experiences in the in-person environment. The speaker series, co-hosted by Digital Learning & Innovation and The Center for Teaching & Learning, is open to BU faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.
Summer 2020 Speaker Series: Long block and large lecture classes can pose challenges for maintaining student engagement. The faculty panel reflects on lessons learned from the Spring 2020 semester, discusses synchronous vs. asynchronous instruction, offers guidance to flip the class, and more.
Video Topics
Watch the individual, five-minute video presentations:
- Student Engagement and Interaction During Remote Instruction in Large Lecture Courses
- Flipping the Class in a Remote Environment
- Zooming Through Long-Block Classes
- Experiential Strategies for Enlivening the Large Remote Lecture
- 12 Best Practices for Redesigning and Delivering Practice-based Courses Completely Online
All the speakers explained how to break things down into chunks. Their experiences with breakout rooms, before class informalities, and surveys/chats for the instructor’s use, similarly really great for me to hear. – Long Block & Large Lecture Classes Lightning Talk Attendee
About the Moderator: Benjamin Siegel
Benjamin Siegel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, and a BU Hub Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow. Ben’s work brings together the history of Modern South Asia, the environment, agriculture, and the history of economic life within a transnational framework. His first book Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India came out in 2018. His current book project, Markets of Pain: A Transnational History of the United States Opioid Crisis, is in progress with Oxford University Press. This year, Professor Siegel was the recipient of the Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Excellence in Teaching.