Facilitating: In-Class Presentations, Discussions, and

ActivitiesSusan M. Stein

DHEd, MS, BS Pharm, RPh

To Do the VooDoo That You Do So Well

Learning Objectives

• Identify effective presentation styles• Evaluate and select appropriate active

learning• Describe various learning styles and activities

to support learners• Analyze facilitation formats

Facilitating Guidelines› Scale: you should ease students into your

goal. Give them small items first then grow› Engage students: learn their names and

call on them at least once per term› Group work: assign responsibilities and set

ground rules to increase effective interaction

› Keep it simple: use the time you allotted, don’t go over

› Summarize and feedback loops

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Facilitating Guidelines– Engage students: fear factor– Scale: ease them in– Group work tip: assign responsibilities, set ground

rules– Move around the room: direct attention– Guiding terms: avoid providing answers– Keep it simple: use time allotted – Close the loop: summarize and provide feedback

Detail Driven

Teaching Learning

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled” - Plutarch

In The News: Before we get started…

• Florida: DEA action at 2 pharmacieshttp://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-06/us/us_florida-dea-pharmacies_1_pharmacies-pill-mills-drug-enforcement-administration?_s=PM:US• New York: Fraudulent Prescriptionshttp://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/06/02/long-island-pharmacist-arrested-in-phony-prescription-painkillers-probe/• Oregon: Pharmacy Tech stealinghttp://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/02/pharmacy_tech_accused_of_steal.html

Avoid a Jinx…Use Live Links

Activity: Participant Presents

• Your colleagues will be presenting examples of the following:– Teaching Methods– Active Learning Methods– RubricsPlease provide input for your colleagues: – What do you like about it?– How would you improve it?

Student Push-Back

• Patience and Persistence: Don’t give up• Explain: understanding participation• Form a Faculty Learning Community• Incrementally introduce > engaging activities• Provided guided directions, expectations:

exams require thinking not just memorizing• Hold students accountable

Activity: Identify Your Project Buzz Group

• On January 4 workshop, we will be practicing the following components: syllabus, lecture design, teaching and facilitation methods, active learning techniques, teaching to learning styles.– Identify what project you will bring to work on– Discuss with a small group– Be prepared to verbally present

Example Activity: Think-Pair-Share

• Identify two concepts that you are passionate about in your field of study

• Pair with a partner, share and discuss• Be prepared to discuss with the class

Clear as a Spring Day

Example Activity: Think-Write-Pair-Share

• Using the Lecture Design Map as a guide…• Create one activity for your lecture• Write two assessment questions to directly

address this activity• Switch with the person next to you, assess

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Activities CafeteriaShort-Mid Time, in class Longer Time, in class Outside Class

Pause, summarize, discuss Debates Online discussions

Clickers Role Playing Study groups

Buzz Groups Fish Bowl Assignments (solo, group)

Minute Paper Horseshoe Muddiest point

Think Pair Share

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Questions, Comments?