Lecturing and Presentation will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Dates: April 20, 2011 to May 25, 2011. The course runs for 6 weeks on Wednesdays from 1:00-4:00pm in Lambton 2103.

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.

Audience: Faculty, Sessional Instructors, Graduate Students with teaching responsibilities.

Lecturing and Presentation will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Please note: This course is being run in intensive mode and will require your attendance from 10am - 4pm daily from Aug. 8-12.

If you have any questions about this course, please contact Prof. Michael K. Potter by email: pottermk@uwindsor.ca or phone ext. 4831.

Lecturing and Presentation will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

If you have any questions about this course, please contact Prof. Michael K. Potter by email: pottermk@uwindsor.ca or phone ext. 4831.

Lecturing and Presentation will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Lecturing will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Lecturing will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Lecturing will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Lecturing will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Lecturing will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Lecturing will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

If you have any questions about this course, please contact Prof. Michael K. Potter by email: pottermk@uwindsor.ca or phone ext. 4831.

Lecturing will introduce you to basic skills and techniques of communicating successfully to students. In particular you will learn about explaining complex ideas, grabbing and holding attention, phrasing, communicating nonverbally, and generating emotional response. Throughout the course you will have opportunities to practice using the skills and concepts you are using in active-learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions. You will also have opportunities to receive feedback on your performance and provide feedback to the other participants. By experiencing a variety of lecturing and presentation techniques in the student role, reading about them, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which techniques you would like to incorporate into your own lecturing, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

If you have any questions about this course, please contact Prof. Michael K. Potter by email: pottermk@uwindsor.ca or phone ext. 4831.

NOTE: There will not be a class meeting on 4 December, 2019