1. Learning & Assessing Through Seminars Dr. Mok, Y.F.

2. Seminar Assessed? Deserving Credits?

3. Negotiation Before doing seminars, discuss with students elements of a successful & a poor seminar criteria for assessment (weighting, process of marking)

4. Unsuccessful Seminars Inadequate preparation Lecturing (reading out points) Little time for discussion Little discussion stimulation Unable to summarize arguments Lack clear conclusion Weak oral / communication skills

5. Basic Features Group presentation. Listening groups consider presentation & agree questions. Questions & discussion. Reports on seminar topics / group performance.

6. New Initiatives Assessment through Seminars Group skills taught & assessed Handouts Ask questions Draw conclusions Students to manage the whole session Teacher as facilitator or even ‘an expert in not knowing’ (Raab, 1997)

7. Weighting System Content Oral skills Use of audio-visual aids Interest engendered Effectiveness of questions Seminar leadership The summing up Presentation Seminar

8. The Presenting Group Raise issues about the topic. Stimulate discussion with a series of prepared questions. The presentation should not be so comprehensive  space for discussion. Make discussion productive (passive, not assertive). Draw threads together to sum up.

9. Helping Presenting Group to Prepare Relate topic to perspectives Dig into higher order thinking Formulate questions for discussion Define & take up roles Integrate members’ ideas Plan seminar layout

10. Relate Topic to Perspectives Perspectives historical economic ethical global

11. Dig into Higher Order Thinking Thinking application analysis synthesis evaluation

12. Formulate Questions for Discussion Questions fact-based opinion-based case-history based comparison- based

13. Define & Take Up Roles Roles leader manager note-taker interaction processor

14. Use concept mapping to  capture individual member’s knowledge/ideas  work for collective knowledge  achieve consensus  then,  to match to roles, process, questions … Integrate Members’ Ideas

15. Plan Seminar Layout Objectives Time frame and sequence Methods to present Methods to stimulate / proceed discussion Contingency plans

16. gaines@cpsc.ucalgary.ca 30-Jul-95 An example of concept map

17. Team Mapping Method (1) concept map concept map concept map concept map Team to review together discuss & formulate

18. Team Mapping Method (2) Part of Topic Concept Map Part of Topic Concept Map Part of Topic Concept Map Part of Topic Concept Map Global Concept Map Fit in? Refine own map

19. Listening Group Prepare for participation in the seminar Evaluate seminar Learn from the presentation topic Respond to the discussion questions Input new insights

20. More Resources http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/GoodSeminars.htm http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~lwarley/documents/seminarsSpring2004.pdf