Over a good part of 30 years, I have watched instructors become frustrated and flustered during the first weeks of a term. Had the instructor taken the time to prepare and rehearsed their first class or two, things would have gone much smoother.
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Each term that I have been working as an instructional technologist, I have offered to show faculty members how each of the classrooms works. Only a handful of instructors take me up on it and test drive their classroom. As can be expected, they have fewer issues than many other instructors who did not capitalize on the opportunity.
When rehearsing your first class, it is important to do it in the classroom you are going to teach. You want to run through different scenarios to ensure everything runs smoothly. The last thing you want to have happened is for an issue to develop while you are teaching.
Unfortunately, term after term, I see upset instructors in their classrooms. This is not the experience that we want to first present to our students. We can avoid this disruption with a rehearsal.
This episode will take a closer look at the importance of rehearsing your first class. We will focus on the time spent before the first class.
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Additional Reading
- ITC: 41 – Using Backward Design to Build Better Courses
- ITC: 79 – Increase Learning With Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction
- Make the Most of the First Day of Class
- Ten Tips for Dealing with Nervousness on the First Day of Class
- How to Teach a Good First Day of Class
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