| The internet has revolutionised the way we teach. | | | | sometimes sitting in the dark listening to |
| From lessons only ever taking place in lecture halls | | | | somebody talk for an hour just isn't all that |
| and stuffy university classrooms, teaching has | | | | interesting. |
| come a long way so that a bulk of it is now | | | | So how can you spice things up? Sometimes, a |
| performed over the internet. Ask any university | | | | little interactivity is all you need. By including your |
| student today how much of their work is | | | | students in your lessons, getting them to answer |
| received and sent over the net and you could be | | | | questions and posit their own theories, you can |
| surprised by just how many answer that the web | | | | really liven up an otherwise dull lecture. It's really |
| is used for at least some of their course. With | | | | simple to do! If you have access to an interactive |
| the creation of WebCT and other networks that | | | | whiteboard, you can devise your own lessons |
| allow students and professors to communicate in | | | | before class and create something tailored to |
| private forums, where assignments can be given | | | | what it is you're talking about. You can get so |
| out and submitted, or material can be linked to | | | | much free software for interactive whiteboards |
| and read, the internet has become an invaluable | | | | from the internet - another perk of the web - |
| resource for many teachers. | | | | that it won't be difficult to create the games and |
| Of course, not all university work should be done | | | | sequences that best get your message across |
| remotely. It's still essential that students attend | | | | and, by using one of these excellent teaching |
| lectures and that teachers do their best to show | | | | resources, you could soon find that students start |
| their passion for the subject during these lessons. | | | | to look a lot more attentive during your lessons. |
| Sometimes it's easy to fall into a rut of reeling off | | | | Interactive whiteboards are becoming more and |
| the same old lesson year after year, using a | | | | more popular in classrooms and lecture theatres |
| lesson plan that was written perhaps a decade | | | | all over the UK - so why not try it out? You could |
| previously, without even realising that the | | | | find that you breathe a whole new lease of life |
| majority of students are stifling yawns and trying | | | | into your old lessons and make them new, fresh |
| not to close their eyes in the dark depths of the | | | | and fun for you and your students alike. |
| lecture theatre. It's an unfortunate truth that | | | | |