How We Teach: Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering (MIT)

About this course

How to teach so that students actually learn, from MIT's course on teaching college-level science and engineering (MIT 5.95J), with short demonstrations of active-learning techniques you can use in any classroom. Who it's for: teachers, lecturers, teaching assistants and anyone who trains others. These are the free, official videos of the "How We Teach: MIT 5.95J" playlist from the MIT OpenCourseWare YouTube channel (youtube.com/@mitocw). All videos belong to MIT OpenCourseWare; Sikhami is not affiliated with MIT OpenCourseWare and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Active learning: why it works and how to use it • Techniques such as think-pair-share, jigsaw, debates and mud cards • Using personal response systems (clickers) in class • Designing a course and writing learning outcomes • Teaching with educational technology

Course content

1 section · 12 lectures · 4h 29m

1. 1. How We Teach: MIT 5.95J Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering, Fall 201

   • Meet the Educator1m
   • Active Learning Overview5m
   • Beach Ball3m
   • Debate2m
   • Jigsaw5m
   • Lightning Round4m
   • Mud Cards3m
   • Personal Response Systems9m
   • Think-Pair-Share3m
   • Class Session 3: Designing a Course: Developing Learning Outcomes1h 16m
   • Class Session 5: Teaching Methodologies, Part II: Active Learning: Why and How1h 27m
   • Class Session 8: Teaching with Educational Technology1h 7m