Benefits of Student Verbal Presentations to the Class

A classroom study of self-reported student data demonstrated the benefits and best practices of student oral presentation as pedagogy, including increased learning and engagement.

The Importance Of Oral Presentations For University Students

A classroom study of self-reported student data demonstrated the benefits and best practices of student oral presentation as pedagogy, including stronger preparation for future professional and academic careers.

Student Presentations: Do They Benefit Those Who Listen?

A series of classroom studies of self-reported student data demonstrated the benefits and best practices of student oral presentation as pedagogy, including the importance of integrating peer evaluation.

Speaking Resources

Instructors can point students to resources for improving presentation skills available across the University including the Harvard College Writing Program’s speaking resources. 

Writing, Public Speaking, and Digital Communications Resources

Instructors can point students to resources for improving presentation skills available across the University including the Harvard Kenney School’s Communications Program.

Baker Library Bloomberg Center Services

Instructors can point students to resources for improving presentation skills available across the University including the Harvard Business School’s Baker Library.

Center for Writing and Communicating Ideas

Instructors can point students to resources for improving presentation skills available across the University including the Graduate School of Arts and Science’s Center for Writing and Communicating Ideas.resources. 

Tips for Assigning Oral Presentations

The University of Pittsburgh developed an instructor tip sheet for assigning oral presentations. 

Building on student comments to teach academic concepts (Instructional Moves)

Paola Arlotta immerses students in material to develop a natural understanding of key concepts, then frames their thinking to present formalized knowledge and terminology of the field.

Learning Lab (Bok Center)

The Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning’s Learning Lab routinely partners with faculty to develop assignments that foster students’ science communication and presentation skills.

Presentations (ablConnect)

ablConnect hosts a repository activities and research related to student presentations.

Research: Gave projects, tests, or assignments that required original or creative thinking

Various studies demonstrate the benefits to student learning, including increased engagement and student satisfaction.

Research: “I’m in a Professional School! Why Are You Making Me Do This?” A Cross-Disciplinary Study of the Use of Creative Classroom Projects on Student Learning

Various studies demonstrate the benefits to student learning, including a deeper understanding of course content.

Honor Code (Harvard College)

Harvard College’s Honor Code offers advice and resources for faculty designing creative and digital assignments.

What assignment types can I create in a course? (Canvas)

Canvas provides information on the assignment types accessible to instructors.

How do I create an online assignment?

Canvas provides instruction on the assignment types accessible to instructors....

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Presenting material in multiple ways (HGSE Instructional Moves)

See Professor Robert Keegan offer a myriad of entry points into material presented throughout his lectures to keep the content fresh while boosting student engagement, in Harvard Graduate School of Education’s ...

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The Architectural Imagination (HarvardX)

In K. Michael Hays’s HarvardX course, The Architectural Imagination, learners explore fundamental architectural concepts through various “making-as-learning” activities, like building a cardboard model of Aldo Rossi’s Cuneo Memorial and designing a pied-à-terre in the style of Le Corbusier.

Research: The Shift to Digital Learning: 10 Benefits

The use of digital and blended learning techniques enables instructors to construct more personalized, competency-based, expanded, and engaging learning opportunities. 

Research: The Transformative Potential of Blended Learning Using MIT edX’s 6.002x Online MOOC Content Combined with Student Team-Based Learning in Class

Recent studies at MIT merged online content with in-class instruction and reported improved scores on the final exam and decreased student stress levels due to the flexible course format.

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