YAP Von Bing
Department of Statistics and Data Science,
Faculty of Science (FOS), NUS
Yap, V. B. (2024). Building A Community in a Large Lecture Class [Lightning Talk]. In Higher Education Conference in Singapore (HECS) 2024, 3 December, National University of Singapore. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/hecs/hecs2024-yapvb/
SUB-THEME
Opportunities from Engaging Communities
KEYWORDS
Large class, Live lecture
CATEGORY
Lightning Talk
EXTENDEDABSTRACT
In Semester 1 of the Academic Year 2024/25, I am the sole instructor of the module course ST2132 “Mathematical Statistics”, which enrols about 260 students. I intend to use the face-to-face lectures to “build a community”, aiming to improve the learning environment for the technically demanding course and to engender a sense of belonging among students, not just to the course, but also to the university. The Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (2021) describes strategies: social icebreakers, metacognitive activities, and content-based activities, and provides references, which I will tap on to design activities tailored to my course. I will report on the actual steps taken and their impact.
REFERENCE
Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (2021). Community Building in Classroom. https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/teaching-with-technology/teaching-online/community-building/