Personal Narrative: My Stay At Brock University

During my stay at Brock University, I had the opportunity to meet a large variety of professors and educators each approaching teaching in different unique ways. Many seek unity in terms of what is best for a student 's learning experiences resulting in many professors debating over the most efficient and effective method. Some professors prefer to stay with using limited amounts of technologies and sticking with traditional methods of testing such as exams and essays . Others feel that using technology in their curriculum such as digital textbooks, online databases and clickers allows for more diverse options to grade their students, while shying away from formal testing. Students also use a variety of digital tools such as laptops, smart …show more content…
Lackluster professors will experience the opposite; a lack of overall student participation and little to no engagement with the content, essentially making the whole learning experience pointless. Professors must not only keep their students entertained but enthralled in order to get their subject matter across to student which is one of the biggest defining factors of an effective learning experience. Humour is very effective, as it’s an important engagement tool to attract students to the front of the room rather than to their laptops. I encountered professors who approached students in a variety of ways, some being highly effective while a majority falling short. As described earlier, Some professors see teaching as straightforward broadcast with lectures being completely one way, and little to no audience feedback until they’re being tested. Other professors use small interactions to give a false sense of participation such as digital survey tools to poll audiences on certain questions. Though this is a welcome attempt to gauge audience interest, it does little to help absorb the material. Usually it’s seen specifically in psychology and in computer