How effective was the selected teaching strategy?
I think the selected strategy that I have talked about it in
my previous post was really effective especially after I compared its output
with the contents of the given article “From Teacher to Facilitator” http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/74/from-teacher-to-facilitator. this strategy achieved students’ engagement in a real working environment
which leverage their knowledge in computer’s hardware & software through
the number of technical problems they have seen their which develop students’
critical thinking skills
How did I measure its effectiveness?
Two evaluation criteria were applied; first one was during
the class as a group discussion was going on about participating in IT help
desk and connect what they have learnt there with what was covered by
curriculum in that area (computer’s hardware/software) and I did enjoy the
feeling of being a facilitator, second evaluation criteria was a simple verbal
quiz.
What is the down side of this strategy?
From IT help desk manager’s perspective; it might be another
commitment and work load for her as students are special trainees whom need a special
attention (attendance, motivating students, …..).
From students’ perspective; sometimes IT help desk will be
very busy with customers and students might be affected by doing extra work; sometimes
IT help desk will have less traffic and students might be affected (less things
to do).
From facilitator’s perspective; more administrative work to
be done in coordination of this activity with the IT help desk & students
plus the probing of students’ attendance & performance at the IT help desk
from time to time.
Am I willing to do it again?
Sure. I think this approach is like the flipped classroom in the way that students watch/observe the contents in real work scenarios (IT help desk in this case) and then do the homework in class through the group discussion and interviews with the facilitator.
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