Transitioning Away From Lectures: How To Adopt A More Active Approach To Teaching & Learning

Description  Challenge - Adopting a "no lecture" approach to teaching It is a real problem that many students don't learn as much as they could in their classes and, as teachers, we need to realize that the way we design our courses is one of the main driving factors in how much students learn. Even though the evidence against the effectiveness of lecturing is hard to dismiss, it is a significant challenge for students, teachers, and administrators even to imagine what a college class without lectures could look like. For many, being a 'great lecturer' is a point of pride and even the central pillar of one's identity as a teacher and so considering a class without lectures is a profound challenge to consider. Key Takeaway Even though lecturing is nearly ubiquitous in most college classes across almost every discipline, there is little if any evidence that lectures do much to help students learn.  Moving away from lecturing is scary and difficult for everyone involved from st