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Reflection 2024-04-16

I enjoy that my original schedule was not too far off.

gantt
  title Lesson plan
  dateFormat X
  axisFormat %s
  Introduction : 0, 5s
  Theory 1: 5, 5s
  Exercise 1: crit, 10, 5s
  Feedback 1: 15, 5s
  Theory 2: 20, 10s
  Exercise 2: crit, 30, 10s
  Feedback 2: 40, 5s
  Theory 3: 45,55
  Exercise 3: crit, 55,15s
  Feedback 3: 70,5s
  Extra/Break: 75,90

The original schedule

There was, however, a bit much more talk after exercise 2, so I've changed the schedule.

gantt
  title Lesson plan
  dateFormat X
  axisFormat %s
  Introduction : intro, 0, 5s
  Theory 1: theory_1, after intro, 10s
  Exercise 1: crit, exercise_1, after theory_1, 5s
  Feedback 1: feedback_1, after exercise_1, 5s
  Theory 2: theory_2, after feedback_1, 10s
  Exercise 2: crit, exercise_2, after theory_2, 10s
  Feedback 2: feedback_2, after exercise_2, 10s
  Theory 3: theory_3, after feedback_2, 10s
  Exercise 3: crit, exercise_3, after theory_3, 10s
  Feedback 3: feedback_3, after exercise_3, 5s
  Extra/Break: after feedback_3, 10s

The updated schedule

I decided to start with 'Who is Richel' at the start, including how I select learners to answer. I shared why I do that, how to avoid it (turn of video). I think that was a good idea and 2 out of 3 learners turned on their camera.

Not using Zoom rooms and use a timer instead worked well. About 6 out of 16 learners kept on their camera during working.

The course content page was prepared well. However, I failed at settling on how to do the teaching, as I felt the pressure from a lot of near-future teaching. This resulted in a bit more sloppy and fuzzy teaching cycles. For example, I did not do Feedback on Exercise 3 and I am unsure why I did not do it...?

Another mistake I made went like this:

  • R: [talks on SVG]
  • R: [asks to a learner what an SVG is]
  • Learner does not know
  • R: [thanks learners, asks learners to shout next time, discussed SVG]

The asks learners to shout next time felt a bit out of place and paternalistic. I felt I could have offended the learner by putting him on the spot too much and I felt the need to send a private message. However, the learners came across as being fine, judged from more plenary dialog later on.

All in all, I think it was a good session, as the learners had enough time to spend on exercises and most criticism on me may be details to others.

Within the course, I can imagine it is more useful to teach this earlier, as it allows people to sketch a graph.