Hand-on, Minds On with Dr. Christopher Terman (S1:E6)

MIT Chalk Radio, Season 1 Instructor: Christopher Terman, Sarah Hansen Subscribe here → https://chalk-radio.simplecast.com/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63YwKIMA9K08FFvdeBEl6Lo You might imagine that fluency is an inherently good thing in teaching. But Dr. Christopher Terman, Senior Lecturer Emeritus at MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab, explains that breaks in the flow of the classroom can actually make the learning experience more memorable. This is just one of the insights Dr. Terman has gained in twenty years of teaching the course 6.004 Computation Structures. “If you’re going to spend 40% of your time in the classroom,” he says, “you might as well teach well.” He and the rest of the teaching team for 6.004 are always seeking to optimize their students’ learning experience, adapting the course through repeated iterations to include as much as possible of what they’ve found works best. Among the details Dr. Terman shares in this episode are how the course engages students from different backgrounds by offering a “buffet” of learning materials through the use of the MITx learning platform, how creating hands-on browser-based digital design lab experiences help students internalize the material, and how online forums reduce student frustration by offering quicker answers to questions that arise outside of class. Relevant Resources MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm?utm_source=simplecast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=chalkradio&utm_term=s1e6 The OCW Educator Portal https://ocw.mit.edu/educator/?utm_source=simplecast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=chalkradio&utm_term=s1e6 6.004 on OCW https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-004-computation-structures-spring-2017/?utm_source=simplecast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=chalkradio&utm_term=s1e6 Dr. Terman’s Faculty Page http://people.csail.mit.edu/cjt/ Enhance your teaching at MIT with the MITx Reside