Tufts’ 28th Annual University-Wide Teaching and Learning Conference

Interactive Classroom Teaching

Learning Catalytics Lessons learned

Tofool Alghanem, DDS, MSAssistant Professor Department of Public Health and Community ServiceTufts University School of Dental Medicine

Tofool.alghanem@tufts.edu

Our Students

The Problem

Class• Length• Timing

Teacher • Amount of

teaching • Tone Student

• Receivers • Attention

Span

Solutions

Redesign the class

Pre-class Preparations

Class breakdown:

• 15 min presenta-

tions

• Class activities

Activities

In class

❖ Registration

❖ Training

First Feedback

How I used it? How?

1. Alternating between the slides and learning catalytics

2. Building slides in learning catalytics

What?

Tried every module thought it matched my objectives

When?

1. In class as synchronous

2. At home as self-paced (final take home exam)

Pros:

❖ Makes the students think about the content instead of just being recipients of information

❖ Students are more invested when they think they have a say

❖ Having access on the backend to the participation and grading scale

❖ Numerous formatting options

Cons:

❖ Learning curve for faculty and student

❖ Grading system- have to manually correct some modules

❖ Seating assignment

❖ Fees

Lessons learned

Thank you!