Disk 1: Making Lessons Interesting
Disk 2: Clarity in Teaching & Classroom Environment

The lecture remains the predominant method of delivering course content in higher education. This is particularly true in the sciences where experts need to convey complex concepts. Lectures are also necessary components of student-centered courses. These DVDs answer the question: what lecturing strategies best facilitate learning?

The video sequences illustrate key principles and techniques that viewers can adapt to their own contexts and styles. Although all the clips present the teaching of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering, the content is readily understandable by instructors from other disciplines and presents no barrier to applying the methods and techniques to other fields.

The DVDs and documentation provide the theoretical background to the strategies, explain how they work, and discuss the relationships among them.

Disk 1: Making Lessons Interesting
Demonstrates how to make content provocative and memorable and illustrates the uses of emphasis in verbal and nonverbal communication. 108 minutes

Disk 2: Clarity in Teaching & Classroom Environment
Demonstrates techniques for actively engaging students during lectures. 105 minutes