College of Medicine

Classroom Teaching

Find resources related to curriculum development, teaching strategies, instructional technology, evaluation and assessment.

Curriculum Development

• Writing student learning objectives
• Introduction to student learning objectives

Teaching Strategies

• Models for interactive teaching
• COM presentation guidelines
• Catch their attention: tips for giving presentations
• Facilitating a small-group exercise
• Team-based learning: from principle to application
• Best practices: audience response system

Evaluation & Assessment

• Item-writing workshop
• NBME Red Book
• Writing NBME-style questions

Technology Resources

Educational Technology Services provides:

• Support with educational applications including MEDS, Word, PowerPoint, Virtual Microscope Photoshop Elements, SnagIt, Netter, iTunesU, ADAM, etc.
• One-on-one consultations for assistance with utilizing educational technologies for class assignments.
• Multi-media support in educational content – including images, graphics, video and learning objects.
• Support with storyboard, capture, scanning, editing, and conversion of images and/or videos.
• Support with capture, edit, conversion and delivery (via iTunesU, DVD, streaming, hard drive) of classroom lectures.
• Hardware, operating system, network connection, and antivirus troubleshooting.
• Troubleshooting with library resources, software, and check-out equipment.

Classroom Equipment

• Using Classroom Equipment
• Lecture Recording Instructions

PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a Microsoft Office program that allows users to create appealing presentations and display information in a graphical format. It can be used in conjunction with the TurningPoint audience response system for enhanced interactivity in the classroom or with Adobe Presenter to produce online multimedia presentations:

• Creating Presentations
• Learn to Use PowerPoint for More Than Boring Presentations
• Using Video with PowerPoint: Introduction
• Inserting Video Files in PowerPoint

TurningPoint

TurningPoint is the College of Medicine’s audience response system, which allows students to use physical “clickers” or laptop computers for submitting responses:

• Installing TurningPoint
• Using TurningPoint
• Presenting with TurningPoint

Olympus

Olympus server allows faculty and students to access, annotate, save, and link to a rich set of medical slides:

• Viewing Slides on a Windows Computer
• Viewing Slides on a Mac Computer

For information on accessing these tutorials please contact Dale Voorhees at Dale.Voorhees@ucf.edu or 407.266.1435

Other

• Articulate and Presenter Files

Additional Teaching Resources

• UCF Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning
  The Center offers workshops, consultations, and resources on a range of topics including curriculum development, teaching strategies, classroom management, scholarship of teaching and learning, and problem-based learning.
• Dee Fink & Associates
  A self-directed guide to designing courses for significant learning.
• University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
  Collection of web resources on clinical teaching and education