In Monday’s post, we highlighted pre-discussion posts as a way to increase learner engagement. Another good strategy is to break up your long lecture into mini-lectures. This improves learners’ active listening and engagement. It is almost impossible to get rid of lecturing altogether, but multiple studies have shown that students retain little from class-long lectures and note taking. Mini-lectures can address lessening attention span and the propensity towards distractions that are elevated in an online setting. Mini-lectures could just mean splitting up your hour long lecture into 5-10 minute separate videos.
Try examining pre-existing lectures for pauses or natural stopping points or creating new lectures that naturally build in breaking points. Finding these pauses allows you to split the lecture without the content losing any meaning. To shorten your lectures to accommodate for the mini-lecture style, find any points of the lecture that a video or image will be more efficient then words.
Learners will start to focus on your lectures in spurts and focus harder on the shorter lectures. They will also engage with the visuals and extra content that you substitute for words.
References
King, Tierney, director. Engaging Your Students with Mini-Lectures, Prediscussion Posts, and Interactive Starter Activities. Apple Podcasts, 22 June 2022, Faculty Focus Live.
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