Reverse Lecture

The reverse lecture is kind of a cool twist on an idea I'm sure most of us have tried as a small group activity.

Have you ever assigned small groups to lead the discussion on a chapter? What were the results? Sometimes groups do a really good job, but in my experience, there's still the "authority" problem. The rest of the class, the "audience," do not necessarily pay the same level of attention to the group-led presentation as they do to the instructor. And, of course, not everyone in the group always participates equally.

So, why not add a bit more structure to it?

1. Instead of designing the assignment as a group project, make it an assignment for the whole class to be involved in.

2. Assign the reading, and then have the class collectively work through how they think you would design the lecture.

3. Once the class has done that, compare their composite lecture to yours.

For more information on how to set up the reverse lecture, see the link below. And, if you try it in your class, let me know how it turns out.

http://www.csupomona.edu/~facultycenter/weekly_teaching_note_nov_5_2007.shtml