Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning: and 50 similar items

Derek Bok Center Series The Derek Bok Center Series of DVD's is a collection of presentations by both Harvard University and other university professors that focuses on how to improve the teaching skills of university instructors. The series will assist instructors in becoming better communicators in the class room; enable them to convey their ideas more effectively, engage students in the material being taught and address complex issues involving learning environment and learning techniques. Each DVD features two sessions that revolve around a similar topic. How to Speak and Technically Speaking Techniques that will enable the instructor to become an effective speaker and presenter, and how to effectively convey complex subject matter. How to speak : lecture tips from Patrick Winston ; Technically speaking : making complex matters simple Author: Jamil Simon; Steven Rudich; Patrick Henry Winston; Harvard University. Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 2007. Series: Derek Bok Center series on college teaching, Disc 5. Edition/Format: DVD video : English Summary: How to speak: Shows how even someone who isn't naturally charismatic can become an effective speaker. In this presentation Professor Patrick Winston of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers advice on all aspects of academic presentations, including how to begin and end a lecture, how to cycle in on the material, how to use verbal punctuation to indicate transitions, and how to devise "near misses" Technically speaking: Throughout his teaching career, Steven Rudich, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, has sought to convey complex ideas through simple means that work with, not against, the capacities and limitations of his students. The challenge, of course, is to make such ideas clear without dumbing them down. In this video, Rudich demonstrates how this can be done. He stresses the importance of accessibility (knowing your audience), ambition (challenging them), and seduction (makiing them care), and illustrates each with memorable examples. Making complex matters simple is itself complex, but Rudich offers techniques and tools that make it possible Subjects Universities and colleges -- Faculty. College teachers. Lecture method in teaching.