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Drivers and ideas for classroom interaction Katie Wray 25/06/2013 katie.wray@ncl.ac.uk

Drivers and ideas for classroom interaction Katie Wray 25/06/2013 katie.wray@ncl.ac.uk. Drivers for Interaction. Why do we want more classroom interaction? Do our students want classroom interaction? Wealth of experience in the room Getting a response / validation

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Drivers and ideas for classroom interaction Katie Wray 25/06/2013 katie.wray@ncl.ac.uk

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  1. Drivers and ideas for classroom interaction Katie Wray 25/06/2013 katie.wray@ncl.ac.uk

  2. Drivers for Interaction • Why do we want more classroom interaction? • Do our students want classroom interaction? • Wealth of experience in the room • Getting a response / validation • Collecting feedback / ideas; ensuring comprehension • Making meaning / identifying relevance • Addressing learner diversity; appealing to learning styles • Generating ideas

  3. Examples of interaction Ice-breakers??!! Getting a response Students as individuals Toolkits

  4. 1. Ice Breakers??!! • Not Another Ice-breaker! (Susan Landay, March 2011) • Express expectations • Introductions (content, people) • Community building • Get conversations going, set the tone for participation • Sense of ownership over the learning • Break down teacher-student barriers • Understand knowledge and experience, resource identification Source: http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=1966301

  5. Example • Understanding the group • Clarifying diversity, whilst discovering experience • Achieves purpose and my own objectives • Larger groups: • Interaction and clustering • Representative feedback Never heard of entrepreneurship until today Running a business

  6. 2. Getting a Response • Emphasise non-classroom learning • Dependent on your role as an educator • The power of Post-it notes • The swapping technique

  7. 3. Learners as individuals • Learning styles already embedded in approach • About identifying areas of interest / relevance • Educator to be introduced to specialisms or unfamiliar contexts (e.g. Singapore)

  8. Example • Student generated content using educator tools • Identify topic (societal challenge issue) • Quick and dirty research • Feedback findings for discussion • Record discussion topics (on board) • Vote as a cohort (raise hand for top 3) • a) Design learning and skills outcomes in relation to these topics • b) Or generate ideas in relation to these topics • Use of World Café toolkit • Larger groups – cluster based approach to topic identification, voting using Turning Point

  9. 4. Toolkits • XING - Commercial awareness • Ketso - Creative engagement • World Café - Conversational process • Belbin – Team Cooperation • Colourblind – Advanced communication skills • Available via Careers Service Staff Webpages: • http://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/academics/employability/case_studies.php

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