The role of handouts, note-taking and overhead transparencies in veterinary science lectures

Objective To study student and staff views of the role and use of handouts, note-taking and overhead transparencies in veterinary science lectures at the University of Queensland Methods The Nominal Group Technique was used to help develop a questionnaire, which was completed by 351 students (a response rate of 84%) and 35 staff (76%) from the 5 years of the veterinary course. The data were analysed using the SAS statistical computer package. Results Staff and students held different views as to the frequency with which handouts should be used, their educational value, and whether they should be complete or partial. Fewer students than staff agreed that handouts discourage further reading in a subject. Almost all staff and students saw the central functions of note-taking to be provision of notes for subsequent revision and encoding information given by the lecturer. More students than staff however, considered that note-taking in lectures interferes with understanding. Staff and students held similar views as to the uses of overheads in lectures. Interestingly however, more staff than students agreed that overheads often contain too much information. Conclusion Both students and staff saw the central role of note-taking as providing a set of good notes for revision. Generally students preferred that this information be provided in the form of partial or complete handouts, while staff preferred students to take notes and to read outside lectures. Surprisingly, more staff than students felt that overhead transparencies often contained too much information. Note-taking, handouts and overhead transparencies need to be linked in a coherent educational strategy to promote effective learning.

MATH2038 Notes, Lectures and handouts

The MATH2038 (Partial Differential Equations) course, as given in semester 2 2008/9. Syllabus has changed slightly from previous years, as has coursework weighting.

Healthy child, healthy future: speech and language therapy for children

This resource is designed to reinforce a collaborative approach between speech and language therapists, referrers and parents in the identification and management of children with developmental speech and language and communication needs (including children with feeding and/or swallowing difficulties). It includes a comprehensive key skills section, which provides details on the communication-related skills a child should have acquired at each stage in his/her early years development. It also includes specific criteria and guidelines for referral, should there be concern about whether the child has a significant problem. The resource provides additional guidance on: • communication and child play; • speech sound development; • dummies; • stammering; • dysphonia; • bilingualism; • feeding and swallowing difficulties. Lists of supplementary leaflets, handouts and websites, as well as a bibliography, are also included.

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success - Lecture 1 - slides

These materials are used in student tutorials as part of the routes to success course. The tutorials are typically delivered to a large group (~50) in an interactive manner, with the slides serving as reference/check materials. Some of the questions in the slides can also be used as individual handouts

ELEC3035: Control System Design

Lecture slides, handouts for tutorials, exam papers, and numerical examples for a third year course on Control System Design.

PowerPoint - basic skills training

This step-by-step guided worksheet and accompanying PowerPoint file introduce some key skills: - reorganising slides and bullets - creating speaker notes - printing slide handouts - including hyperlinks - adding images Simple stuff, but many find it useful - it uses Office 2004 (XP)

SES UAS Booklet

This booklet contains the various handouts that are given to students during UAS induction and throughout the duration of the course. Thanks to Rosie Boltryk for providing the resource and Joy Moloney for producing the original documentation.

SES UAS Booklet

This booklet contains the various handouts that are given to students during UAS induction and throughout the duration of the course. Thanks to Rosie Boltryk for providing the resource and Joy Moloney for producing the original documentation.

INFO2009 IT and Legal Issues Handout

Some of this set of resources is a verbatim copy of a google knol created by Norman Creaney of the University of Ulster. Other parts of the document contextualise the content in terms of preparing for a stage test in Legal and Professional Issues. The notes should be read in conjuction with other materials which have been provided as slides and handouts (notably handouts covering Workplace perspectives)