Real-Time Re-Engineering of
Teaching
Muhammad H. Zaman
BME, Boston University
[email protected]
http://www.bu.edu/zaman
http://www.bu.edu/leed
Twitter: @mhzaman
Outline
• History and Vision
• Mechanics and Practice
• Outcomes and Data
• Challenges
History
Vision
• Reaching out to students
• Critique on my teaching and delivery
• Learning disabilities
• General understanding
Mechanics
• Once a month
• End of class, on paper, anonymous
• Comments back to students by the same night via
email and changes by next lecture
• Numerical scores and written comments
• Starting evaluation # 2, asking about previous changes.
First Round, Fall 2006
Spring 2012
Challenges
• Contradictory Feedback
• Impact on learning
• Course content challenges