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Past Powerpoint Engaging Students in Operations. Alistair Brandon-Jones, University of Bath Carrie Queenan, University of Notre Dame. Engaging students. Do students ever switch off in class? . “hooks” are a way of engaging students, generating excitement, and enriching understanding. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Past Powerpoint Engaging Students in Operations
Alistair Brandon-Jones, University of BathCarrie Queenan, University of Notre Dame
Engaging students
• “hooks” are a way of engaging students, generating excitement, and enriching understanding
• Are their topics that you have difficulty bringing alive?
• Do students ever switch off in class?
Why OM is easy to teach!
What’s a ‘hook’?
Clips
ExercisesProps
Articles & Stories
• Short, self-contained and get’s the student’s attention!
Invigoration vs. Recovery!!
Tough topics
• What are toughest topics to teach?
• Brainstorm• Refine
• Learning: Relatively permanent changes in behavior, cognition, or attitudes.
• Teaching: to impart knowledge or skill; give instruction
Other focu
sed
Self f
ocused
Learning / Teaching – two sides of a coin?
Facilitating learning
• Learning is difficult
• Teachers can remove “Barriers to Learning”• Fear of Failure• Anxiety• Boredom
• You can teach without removing these but they won’t learn unless you do
Brain Functioning (or the lack of it!)
Controlled processing
Automatic processing
Tradeoffs : Efficient storage and efficient recall
Controlled ProcessingAutomatic Processing
Examples: 1) Conference introductions 2) Finding green beans
Efficient input, inefficient recallInput is “automatic” so recall is difficult
Inefficient input, efficient recallInput is “controlled” so recall is easier
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Proust
Controlled processing
• Desired state for effective learning
• More powerful but less common
• Triggered by things that are– Different– Problematic– Effortful
• Implications?– Interrupts the students’ “learning script”– Changes how something is stored in memory
The role of hooks…
We help create controlled processing!!!!!
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”—Author unknown
Other resources
• Creating Significant Learning Experiences – L. Dee Fink– How to create the structure for a class to create the learning experience you want to achieve (Exhibits are
very useful)• What the Best College Teachers Do – Ken Bain
– Anecdotal tales of amazing profs, organized around general themes. Inspiring, but not a “how to” guide.• Brain Rules – John Medina
– How the brain works and some takeaways for those who teach• The Skillful Teacher – Stephen Brookfield
– Mechanics of creating a better learning enviornment
• http://teaching-operations-management.wikispaces.com/– A place to share your ideas! Please join and contribute!
• http://operationsroom.wordpress.com/– A blog of current events in OM. A great place to join in the discussion or get ideas to bring into class.
http://teaching-operations-management.wikispaces.com/
Teaching OM Wiki
http://teaching-operations-management.wikispaces.com/
IJOPM special issue
• Teaching Operations and Supply Management
• Word limit 5000 words (not 8000!)
• Deadline 30th September 2010
• Lead editor: Dr Alistair Brandon-Jones, University of Bath, School of Management, [email protected]
• More info: http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=2321
Final thoughts….
Alistair Brandon-Jones, University of BathCarrie Queenan, University of Notre Dame