Abstract:
This paper will describe how the fast-paced Pecha Kucha format was adapted to a one-to-one speed networking format where students gave the same presentation on three separate occasions to three other students. During the Covid-19 unexpected and necessary move to online learning, this format was particularly useful as a revision exercise to consolidate and review lecture content that was not necessarily delivered in a traditional face-to-face lecture.
By encouraging students to become the researchers, authors and producers of content that was had a rigid and formal structure, resulted in bite-sized student generated content. Sharing this content in a synchronous format gave participants a sense of connection and cohesion when students may otherwise have felt distant and isolated from the module and their peers. Furthermore, the process was energized with an element of fun through competitions for the best image, funniest slide and best presentation was used to foster a sense of informality and community spirit which had been lost in the sudden move to distance learning.
Compiling a bibliography of the educational use of Pecha Kucha indicated that this format was most frequently reported in medical and language instruction. Not only are transferable skills engaged in this manner of presentation, but disciple specific knowledge and skills were enhanced as well as promoting self-directed learning. The novel combination with speed-networking in this paper serves to combat some of the negative aspects reported in the literature by allowing repeated performance to a much smaller audience to hone presentation skills.
Speaker:
Mr. Michael Bromby, Lecturer, Truman Bodden Law School of the Cayman Islands
Michael Bromby is a lecturer in law at the Truman Bodden Law School in George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean. The Law School is affiliated to the University of Liverpool in the UK, which validates and awards the undergraduate degree programme. Michael’s main interests and research activities relate to legal education, blended learning, forensic identification and evidence. Previously, he taught at Glasgow Caledonian University for 16 years and was seconded for a period to the Higher Education Academy as the Discipline Lead for Legal Education to support and lead across the sector.