Enlivening Large Classes
Teaching in larger classes presents special challenges, whatever teaching method the professor chooses. These articles provide ideas for both lecturing and interactive techniques.
Teaching Large Classes (extensive links to resources and strategies from Penn State's teaching center)
Large Classes ("On the Cutting Edge" provides ideas lecturing techniques, using technology, and using groups in large classes)
Teaching Large: Resources, Tips & Activities for Large College Classes (multimedia resources from UT)
A Survival Handbook for Teaching Large Classes (tons of tips from UNC Charlotte)
Large Classes: A Teaching Guide (ideas from the University of Maryland for adapting several techniques to the large class setting)
Make Large Lecture Classes More Effective (from Berkeley's teaching center)
Richard M. Felder, Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes (from the American Society for Engineering Education)
Large Classes and the Perception of Fairness (important cautions from UC Santa Barbara)
Using "Think-Pair-Share" in the Large Class (UT makes specific suggestions)
All of the following videos with tips for effective large-class teaching are from the teaching center at the University of Texas:
Establishing a Respectful Environment (video)
Savvy (Non) Uses of PowerPoint (video)
Team Based Learning in Large Classes (video)
"Student of the Day" (video)
Interacting with Students in the Large Class (video)
Keeping Student Attention with Pacing and Memory Markers (video)