{"id":21832,"date":"2015-05-14t13:41:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-14t18:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=21832"},"modified":"2015-05-14t13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14t18:51:29","slug":"thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/05\/thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-16\/","title":{"rendered":"thinking stem, teaching stem: a blog series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\"><img data-attachment-id=\"21066\" data-permalink=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/02\/thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-2\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\" data-orig-size=\"286,271\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cirtl logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-21066\" title=\"cirtl logo\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>&#8220;thinking stem, teaching stem&#8221; is a blog series that spotlights some of the videos produced at vanderbilt for the cirtl mooc course, \u201c<strong>an introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching.<\/strong>\u201d this course drew on the\u00a0expertise of experienced stem faculty,\u00a0educational researchers, and representatives of university teaching centers.\u00a0 as previously mentioned, the series will loosely follow the thematic trajectory of the course through the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>principles of learning<\/li>\n<li>student motivation<\/li>\n<li>inclusive teaching<\/li>\n<li><strong>the role of lectures<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>inquiry-based labs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>if you would like to see other installments of this blog series, please click the tag \u201cthinking stem, teaching stem\u201d at the bottom of this post.\u00a0 to access the videos featured in this series on youtube, please the cft&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/uczr3xouyh7-biztnxpgqyva\">youtube channel<\/a> or go directly to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=pllznzp-sl3mn6jacdt912et7ehz7cd4wv\">blog playlist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>the role of lectures<\/h2>\n<h3>week 16: lectures and visual thinking<\/h3>\n<p>the dreaded ppt or keynote lecture presentation. \u00a0more often than not in college classroom lectures, some sort of visual component accompanies an instructor\u2019s verbal presentation. \u00a0that visual component usually takes the form of slides. \u00a0the struggle for instructors can come in the creation and subsequent of those slides: \u00a0how much information do you put on the slides? \u00a0when is it too much information? \u00a0or to little? \u00a0what about their packaging? \u00a0is it distracting\/confusing\/boring? \u00a0how many slides should there be in a lecture? \u00a0how do the slides interact with what you are saying?<\/p>\n<p>the struggle for students can be traced back to those same questions: \u00a0what should you focus your attention on during the lecture: the instructor or the slides? \u00a0what information is important, if you don&#8217;t have enough time to write everything down? \u00a0what do you do if you miss something? \u00a0striking the balance between verbal and visual communication streams during a lecture isn\u2019t always that easy, and as a result, lecture presentations can pose a problem or cause anxiety for instructors and students alike.\u00a0 <strong>so how can we as instructors better strike the verbal\/visual balance in lectures, both for our students and ourselves?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>in the following video*, dr. derek bruff, director of the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分, discusses what that verbal\/visual balance can look like, as well as some strategies for using visuals more effectively in stem lectures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/asgrkkg4n_a\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>have you used or plan to use any of these strategies in your classroom?\u00a0 if so, share your experiences and thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>next week we\u2019re jumping into our last topic of our blog series: inquiry-based labs!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* if you thought this week\u2019s featured video looked familiar, that\u2019s because it is!\u00a0 dr. bruff wrote a cft blog post about it a couple of months ago.\u00a0 to read it, <a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/02\/lectures-and-visual-thinking-in-stemteaching\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>additional resources:<\/h4>\n<p>for more information on lectures and visuals, check out the cft teaching guide: <a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/guides-sub-pages\/lecturing\/\">an introduction to lectures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>reynolds, g. 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