Author: 河上愛梨

The following is a brief summary of DAY 3 of the Real Session held on August 20th (Tue), 2024.

• ■Objectives for DAY 3
• ●Be able to apply what you learned when conducting a lecture for microteaching sessions.
• ●Be able to envision your career path and organize your daily activities and future prospects.

 

■DAY 3 Schedule

• [Microteaching Session: Final] (9:15–12:00)
• Participants conducted refined lectures for the microteaching session. They delivered lectures one by one, just like the first trial on DAY 1, but this time the lectures were given to the whole participants instead of groups.
• STEP 1: A participant conducts a lecture as a lecturer. (6 min)
• STEP 2: The lecturer-participant receives feedback from the instructors while the other participants fill in the feedback sheets.
• STEP 3: Whole participants exchange feedback.

 

• [TP/SAP Chart Creation] (13:00–16:35)
• Participants were divided into two groups according to their needs and respectively created a chart: a TP chart (Instructo: Kurita) or a SAP chart (Instructor: Park). The objectives of this activity were to reflect on their teaching/research activities and to make use of such reflection in improving their future classes and clarifying their career paths.

 

• [Reflection on the Entire Session] (16:35–16:45)
• Participants reflected on the entire session and individually organized what they had learned and their thoughts.

 

• [Award of Certificate of Completion] (16:45–17:00)
• The certificates of completion were awarded to participants.

 

• ■Participants’ Reactions
• Seven participants answered our questionnaire after the session. Regarding the question on the satisfaction of the whole event (i.e., a five-point scale question with “5: Extremely satisfied” and “1: Extremely dissatisfied”), all the respondents (100%) rated “5” (the highest). Furthermore, again all the respondents (100%) rated “5” (the highest) to the question asking whether participation in the event would be useful to their future (“5: Strongly agree” and “1: Strongly disagree”).

 

Here are some of the feedback we received in the comment section (*Please note that we partly extracted the feedback to anonymize the respondents.):

 

●What did you find good about this event?

“The limitation of the setting of the microteaching class to be a 6-minute class, rather than a 6-minute cutout of a longer class, and that the microteaching class was conducted twice. Also, the program structure allowed us to learn knowledge during the two sessions, which we could immediately apply to improve the microteaching classes. In addition, the instructors were friendly and paid close attention to detail, and everyone who participated enjoyed the great atmosphere. Thank you very much for your help.”

“That I was able to experience interactivity as a value in real classes after taking online courses. That I was able to learn with peers who have the same ambitions. That I was able to reflect on myself based on the 3Ks.”

“That I was able to deepen our understanding of class design, syllabus, rubrics, etc. by hearing directly from Dr. Kurita and interacting with my peers.”

●Other remarks and comments

“I am grateful for finding Interactive Teaching. To Dr. Kurita and everyone, I wish you all the best in your endeavors. And please bless us again with your achievements. I, too, will do my best with the words, “We can learn from our mistakes” (I was saved by these words!) in mind.” 

“I am super grateful to Dr. Kurita, the staff, my peers, the learning environment, and my lunch boxes.”

“I think it is worth the three days of time. I hope you will continue to do so. And I hope that I will help to improve education through my learning here. Thank you very much.”

“Thank you very much for this workshop! I had a precious opportunity to learn about class design and curriculum design while practicing, and it was an intense three days in which I thought about a great many things. I would like to make use of the many things I learned from Dr. Kurita in my future classes. I learned a lot from the 6-minute class. Thank you to all the staff members!”

We are pleased that we received high ratings from all the respondents in various aspects. They also provided us with a lot of comments on the points that need improvement and requests for topics to be focused on in the future. We are eager to develop new events based on the opinions we received. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the people who provided us with feedback.

 

• ■What’s Next?
• It was the third time to hold the Real Session as an event of Coursera “Interactive Teaching.” The responses to our questionnaire show that many of the participants learned a lot from the Real Session. Although there were some inconveniences, we were able to successfully complete the event thanks to the understanding and cooperation of all those who attended. We are eager to develop/run events based on the feedback. We are going to organize various education-/FD-events, so we hope that many people will join our future events. Details are to be announced. We look forward to your participation.

 

• ■References
• Coursera “Interactive Teaching” https://www.coursera.org/learn/interactive-teaching
• UTokyo OCW “Teaching Development in Higher Education” (The University of Tokyo Future Faculty Program) https://ocw.u-tokyo.ac.jp/course_11441/

 

• Click here for the details of DAY 1.
• Click here for the details of DAY 2.

 

Airi Kawakami (Project Academic Specialist in charge of “Interactive Teaching”)

The following is a brief summary of DAY 2 of the Real Session held on August 19th (Mon), 2024.

■Objectives for DAY 2

• ●Experience active learning strategies and be able to use them.
• ●Be able to describe a course that lets students learn actively in the form of a syllabus.
• ●Be able to design an evaluation based on essential knowledge.
• ●Be able to apply what you learned when conducting a lecture for microteaching sessions.

 

■DAY 2 Schedule

■Summary

• [Active Learning] (9:10–10:35)
• The instructor gave a lecture on active learning. Participants experienced one of the active learning strategies, “Peer Instruction.”

 

• [Evaluation] (10:50–12:40)
• The lecture on rubrics was followed by a group activity on creating rubrics with a large paper and sticky notes. After that, participants viewed rubrics made by other groups in a poster tour format.

• [Syllabus] (13:40–16:40)
• Participants listened to a lecture on syllabuses and worked on an activity. They created graphic syllabuses and shared them in groups. They also revised their text syllabuses by referring to the tips on creating them.

 

• [Reflection] (16:40–16:55)
• Participants reflected on the goals and objectives of DAY 2 and individually organized what they had learned and their thoughts.

 

DAY 2 became another busy day where participants not just listened to lectures but also experienced active learning strategies and worked on various activities. It was designed to let them apply what they learned to the revision of their lectures and syllabuses.

• Click here for the details of DAY 3.
• (Click here for the details of DAY 1.)

 

Airi Kawakami (Project Academic Specialist in charge of “Interactive Teaching”)

• 【Overview of the Coursera “Interactive Teaching”: The 3rd Real Session]
• ・Date/Time: August 18th (Sun), 2024, 9:00–17:00, 19th (Mon), 9:00–17:00, and 20th (Tue), 9:00–17:00
• ・Format: Face-to-face
• ・Venue: Faculty of Education Bldg., Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
• ・Instructors: Kayoko Kurita and Wonhwa Park, Airi Kawakami, Osami Nabeta (The University of Tokyo)
• ・Intended for: Those who completed “Interactive Teaching” and are able to work on pre-assignments
• ・Language: Japanese
• ・Fee: Free of charge

“Coursera ‘Interactive Teaching’: The 3rd Real Session” was held as a face-to-face event on August 18th, 19th, and 20th. The Real Session was intended for those who had completed the course “Interactive Teaching,” and 9 people with various occupations and affiliations gathered from across the country.

The following is a brief summary of DAY 1.

 

■Objectives of the Real Session

• 1. Be able to devise methods that help you induce/maintain/enhance students’ motivation.
• 2. Be able to design a class that lets students learn actively.
• 3. Experience active learning strategies and be able to use them.
• 4. Be able to describe a course that lets students learn actively in the form of a syllabus.
• 5. Be able to design an evaluation based on essential knowledge.
• 6. Be able to apply what you learned when conducting a lecture for microteaching sessions.
• 7. Be able to envision your career path and organize your daily activities and future prospects.

The objectives for DAY 1 were 1, 2, and 6 in the above list.

 

■DAY 1 Schedule

 

■Summary

• Preparation
• Participants worked on pre-assignments and prepared the following materials for the session: (1) a 6-min lecture for microteaching sessions, (2) class design, and (3) a text syllabus. Also, they posted a self-introduction in Google Classroom.

 

• DAY 1 (August 18th, 2024)
• [Introduction] (9:00–9:25)
• The session started at 9:00 by sharing goals and objectives, followed by a brief self-introduction of the instructors, staff, and participants.

 

• [Microteaching Session: The 1st Trial] (9:25–12:35)
• Each participant conducted a lecture for microteaching sessions in two groups. They were reminded of the basic principles (such as “3Ks”) and how to take part in role-playing before delivering a lecture one by one, just like the regular UTokyo FFP classes as described as follows:
• STEP 1: A participant conducts a lecture as a lecturer. (6 min)
• STEP 2: The lecturer-participant receives feedback from the instructor while the other participants fill in the feedback sheets.
• STEP 3: Participants exchange feedback in a group to improve the lecture.

 

• [Class Design] (13:30–15:00)
• The instructor gave a lecture on class design. Participants worked on an activity to revise their lectures, reviewing the rubric for class design.

 

• [Break] (15:00–15:15)
• We asked participants beforehand if they could bring their local snacks. Thanks to all the participants, the snack area was filled with a variety of sweets. We offered hot/iced coffee, too. As a giveaway, we crafted key chains of the course mascot character “Ital-kun” so that the participants could feel free to take them home.

 

• [Motivation] (15:20–16:45)
• The instructor gave a lecture on motivation. In the activity “Let’s give advice to a professor,” participants discussed in groups what kind of advice they should give to an instructor about his/her concern. Also, they worked on revising their lectures by applying what they had learned in the session in the activity “Refining lectures for microteaching sessions.”

 

• [Wrap-up] (16:45–17:00)
• Participants reflected on the goals and objectives of DAY 1 and individually organized what they had learned and their thoughts. Then, they shared their thoughts in pairs.

 

Participants had a busy schedule on DAY 1, starting with a microteaching session in the morning and lectures and activities in the afternoon, but they all stayed focused and eagerly worked on every task.

• Click here for the details of DAY 2.
• (Click here for the details of DAY 3.)

 

Airi Kawakami (Project Academic Specialist in charge of “Interactive Teaching”)

A new course “Learn How to Teach by 6 Min. Micro Teaching” was released on Coursera on August 27th, 2024.

This course is a program to learn specifically how to design and improve classes through the creation of a 6-minute microteaching class. The course is designed for current and aspiring teachers from elementary education to higher education, and can be completed in three weeks. The program aims to help learners understand the significance of the “6-minute microteaching class,” and learners practice the necessary knowledge and theories based on the “ADDIE Model,” a key framework for creating classes, through a variety of work (hands-on experience). Then, by creating a graphic class design and a class design sheet, learners design and conduct a microteaching class. Afterwards, learners will review the microteaching class and work on improvement. In addition to watching videos and completing worksheets (individual work), the course also emphasizes the expansion and deepening of learning through interaction with other learners in the community platform such as discussion forums.

All course content is available free of charge. A certificate of completion can also be issued for a fee.
On top of that, you can learn at your own pace. We hope you enjoy our program!

Click here to enroll in the course.

6分間模擬授業で学ぶ授業づくり（Learn How to Teach by 6 Min. Micro Teaching） | Coursera

*Currently, content is available in Japanese only. English materials (lecture slides, worksheets, subtitles) will be available later.

■Related program
Interactive Teaching（インタラクティブ・ティーチング） | Coursera