Some brief thoughts: This topic came up last summer. At the time I was debating about how to proceed with my intro classes. I found the discussion at the time very valuable but I was still concerned about making my PPT slides accessible to students...would they use the access to the slides as an excuse not to come to class?
I came up with a "compromise". I changed my slides to only include the key points of any of the content I was discussing (thanks for the advice Stephen Black). For student info, I also take out any slides that I want to use as a "surprise demo" (e.g. reversible figures, etc. for sensation and perception). For each course I do a "mid-term" eval for which I ask students 3 basic questions: What components of instruction have helped you learn the most? What components have helped you learn the least? What suggestions do you have for improvements... I've taught 4 intro level classes in psychology this year. All of my midterm evaluations have shown the same thing. One of the things that students believe has helped them learn is providing them with an outline of all the chapter notes before the chapter begins. In addition, here's the great part, students believe that what also helps them learn is COMING TO CLASS to focus on the issues behind the main points. I'm very happy that I made my notes accessible to students. The benefits have outweighed the costs in my opinion. Students have the basics but come to class to get the specifics. Students can listen and augment their notes as they choose and leave the class feeling as though they had time to learn rather than just write. Just one perspective. Shannon At 03:18 PM 02/26/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Charlotte Manly wrote: > >> TIPSters, >> >> Do any of you distribute your lecture notes to students (in advance)? ... > >I do my lectures with PowerPoint and I give the notes (6 slides per page) to the library. They put the notes on their web site. The students seem to like it. I think that they figure out quickly that skipping class and just getting the notes does not really work. >-- >__ Rick Stevens >__ Psychology Department >__ University of Louisiana at Monroe >__ http://www.ulm.edu/~stevens > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Shannon Gadbois, M.Ed., Ph.D. Brandon University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (204)727-7306 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
