It was an insight day observing Alice Dowhyl in her teaching session about fanzines at LCF. The lecture itself was informal with a short interactive section where she got the students to make a foldable zine template.
To be honest, it definitely felt strange to observe another colleague as I don’t feel qualified to critique her teaching. Nevertheless it was helpful using Santanu’s observation as a template to write up Alice’s OB2 form.
It was interesting to really see how others teach another subject that is not native to my own practice and what `I teach, also to students on a ‘foundation’ program. Some of the things Alice suggested to me (ie. using a padlet as a commonplace for students to share thoughts), really helped the students to contribute as it was a much more passive approach to cold-calling and putting students on the spot. Nevertheless, I still felt verbally asking students for their thoughts/comments works better immediately as it helps to break down the teacher and student formal dynamic.