Health Professions Faculty for the Future: Proceedings of a Workshop (2021)
Chapter: Appendix D: Best Andragogical Practices for Online Learning and Faculty Development
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix D: Best Andragogical Practices for Online Learning and Faculty Development." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Health Professions Faculty for the Future: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26041.
Appendix D
Best Andragogical Practices for Online Learning and Faculty Development
Engage the Audience
- Talk directly to the audience.
- Use the chat function to engage participants in brief conversations.
- Employ a variety of media like videos and Zoom polls.
- Have speakers (or the moderator) talk to each other as though they are having a conversation.
- Ask someone to monitor the chat discussion and have the moderator call on that person to tell the group what is being discussed or questions being asked.
- Project colorful and engaging slides (not overly filled with written text).
- Keep presentations short (less than 10 minutes) and discussions long.
- Ask the audience what they want to get from the session, and gear the conversation in that direction.
- Hire actors to play roles for training faculty on how to run case studies.
- Recognize that audience members may have a deeper understanding of the literature than the speaker.
Be Careful…
- Not to distract participants from the speakers while using the chat function for supplemental discussions.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix D: Best Andragogical Practices for Online Learning and Faculty Development." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Health Professions Faculty for the Future: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26041.
- When using technologies that take up bandwidth and can slow the transmission of messages (i.e., videos and slide transitions).
- To schedule meetings at times that work for the speakers based on the time zone they are presenting from.
- To avoid excess lighting behind the speaker.
Prepare the Speakers
- Provide an annotated agenda that has the times of when each speaker will talk.
- Test the technology (i.e., share screen) 30 minutes prior to the session.
- Click through all of the slides with the speakers before the session begins.
- Have a backup plan if a speaker’s technology fails—move to the next speaker or have someone take over until the speaker returns.
- Remind speakers to turn on/off their videos and mute/unmute their computers at the appropriate times.
- Agree on a system of time keeping.
- Use a waiting room to admit participants and remove disruptive attendees.
- Share cell phone numbers of presenters prior to the session.
SOURCE: Input from individual members of the workshop planning committee.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix D: Best Andragogical Practices for Online Learning and Faculty Development." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Health Professions Faculty for the Future: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26041.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix D: Best Andragogical Practices for Online Learning and Faculty Development." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Health Professions Faculty for the Future: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26041.
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