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Enhancing Your Lecture Experience with Interactive Methods

Improve lectures with more whiteboard problems, concise notes, and better exam preparations. Explore website updates and teaching philosophies for successful learning. Share feedback for continuous improvement.

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Enhancing Your Lecture Experience with Interactive Methods

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  1. Re: Lecture Format YES YES balancingact YES YES • Do more work, especially problems, on the whiteboard. • More problems. "Notes and theory on handouts, but examples on the board." Leave fill in the blank sections in the lecture handouts. • "Too much technical information given in class" "Too many big technical words" • "Notes too wordy" • Announce the Handouts 2 or 3 days ahead • More frequent references to the corresponding pages of Lathi in the class notes • Some commented that notes made in advance and overhead really works for them as they can then just put their full attention into "understanding and following the lecture" - instead of scrambling to try and get notes down.

  2. Re: Final Exam YES YES YES YES: “2hr exam with 3 hours time” • A review sheet before the final • Detachable formula sheet • Strong majority prefer closed book exam • A majority prefer a "standard" formula sheet • Make exam time reasonable

  3. Re: Web Site YES, done YES: volunteer? Reworked • News and updates section right at top of home page • Website could have a discussion board • Better ordering of links at the web site.

  4. Re: Marked vs Unmarked Assignments • On balance a majority in favour of non-marked. (with many thoughtful discussions on this.) • Many re-assured me that although they may not stay on schedule without marks, they are sure to get all assignments done before the exams.

  5. Re: Mid-Term What are the expectations of “sameness”? fair enough, good comment • "Mid-term not like past mid-term or assignments" • "The format was not the same" • Don't remark the whole exam as the policy…makes people afraid to turn in.

  6. Other Please pass these on. YES • "Lathi book has many mistakes in it" • Notes package should be availableas a full package with the EE club or bookstore

  7. Two Sets of Values and Expectations Apparent EE 390 Engineering Knowledge Mode (1): “Teach us to pass the tests” Philosophy: Only Tested knowledge and abilities = Scope of EE 390 Teaching

  8. Two Sets of Values and Expectations Mode (2): “Prepare us to be among the best” EE 390 Engineering Knowledge Scope of EE 390 Teaching & Study Philosophy:The (tests) are only Quality Control samples How should your U of A degree should rate against MIT or CalTech, Stanford, Cambridge, ECE degrees etc? Is it expected to be sub-standard? That’s not my aspiration for our grads.

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