FacilitationLectures, Tutorials, Seminars and Workshops

Lecture

A lecture is an oral presentation intended to teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher.

Lecture Lectures are much criticized,

but universities have not yet found practical alternative teaching methods for the large majority of their courses.

Lecture Critics point out that lecturing

is mainly a one-way method of communication that does not involve significant audience participation.

Lecture

Lecturing is often contrasted to active learning.

Lectures delivered by talented speakers can be highly stimulating

Lectures have survived in academia as a quick, cheap and efficient way of introducing large numbers of students to a particular field of study

Lecture The noun "lecture"

dates from 14th century, meaning "action of reading, that which is read," from the Latin lectus, pp. of legere "to read."

Lecture

Its subsequent meaning as "a discourse on a given subject before an audience for purposes of instruction" is from the 16th century.

Lecture The use of multimedia

presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint has changed the form of lectures, e.g. video, graphics, websites, or prepared exercises may be included.

Lecture Most commonly, however, only

outlines composed of "bullet points" are presented.

Critics contend that this style of lecture bombards the audience with unnecessary and possibly distracting or confusing graphics.

Lecture Others simply think

this form of lecture is non-spontaneous and boring.

Many university courses relying on lectures supplement them with smaller discussion sections

Tutorial Tutorial is a small class of one,

or only a few, students, in which the tutor gives individual attention to the students.

The tutorial system at Oxford and Cambridge is fundamental to methods of teaching at those universities

Tutorial At Princeton University, these tutorials

are known as preceptorials and are led by preceptors.

In computer based education, a tutorial is a computer program whose purpose it is to assist users in learning how to use a software product such as an office suite or any other application, operating system interface, programming tool, or game.

Seminar A seminar is, generally, a form of

academic instruction, either at a university or offered by a commercial or professional organization.

This is often accomplished through an ongoing Socratic dialogue with a seminar leader or instructor, or through a more formal presentation of research.

Seminar The idea behind the seminar

system is to familiarise students more extensively with the methodology of their chosen subject and also to allow them to interact with examples of the practical problems that always crop up during research work.

Seminar It has the function of bringing

together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to actively participate.

Seminar Normally, participants must not

be beginners in the field under discussion (at a university, seminar classes are generally reserved for upper-year students).

Seminar In some European universities,

a seminar may be a large lecture course, especially when conducted by a renowned thinker (regardless of the size of the audience or the scope of student participation in discussion).

Workshop is a gathering or training

session which may be several days in length.

It emphasizes problem-solving, hands-on training, and requires the involvement of the participants.

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