Dean (and Amanda), I think this is the best overall explanation of a gallery walk that I've seen. I have only one reinforcing comment. I like to think of gallery walks as a sequence of simultaneous reports. The first is when the posters go up. You should follow this with one or more additional simultaneous reports (e.g. What's the best/worst--along with key reason, A question that highlights the Achilles heel of the conclusions on one of the posters, etc. Larry On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Dean Parmelee <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dear Amanda, > > Great idea! We've had some very positive experiences with > our students. There are three 'tips' that come to mind - things we > have learned: > > 1) does take more time than MCQ format, so allow for that - either > have your RAT at an earlier time or keep it short. If you have other > components to the Application, be sure they do not consume much time. > Allow full 3 hours if you do the whole module in one sitting. > > 2) Have all the materials carefully organized and easy for the teams to > access. Use the large 'sticky' POST ITs made by 3M or equivalent and > indicate > where teams post, placing their team #s on each sheet. Colored markers in > abundance helps, encourage making them creatively attractive, but legible. > Graphic enhancements are welcome. > > 3) REAL KEY: they must make a specific choice! Stay far a away from > anything that is 'brainstorming.' For instance, in one of ours in > adolescence & public health, we ask them to write out the TWO interventions > MOST LIKELY to have an effect in the case community's pregnancy rate (they > have to analyze the demographics of that community). If two or more > postings are essentially identical, then YOU can place one over the other > and it becomes one. > > 4) Give a specific timeframe for the posting - simultaneous report! > (prevents borrowing of ideas) > > 5) All teams must study the other postings and MAKE a decision on which one > is the best based on criteria you establish, then be prepared to say why. > Use the nifty colored 'sticky square post-its' with team #'s on each to > display. This takes time - they all get up and move around to read & > discuss. Good part to video record some of the conversations and > animations. YOU and any other faculty who participate need to vote too, at > the end in your wrap up. > > 6) Hard to have a grade, but you can and should reward the teams that get > the most votes. Use iTunes or Starbucks cards for team rewards, or > something local you know they like. > > 7) Take pictures during the module or have your video person do so. Even > still shots show lots of engagement and activity, everyone is having a good > time (in medical school?) > > 8) As always, the 'conclusion' of the module needs to really wrap things > up with good facilitation on your part. Clearly summarize what they have > done, what you have heard between the lines in their deliberations, why you > feel specific postings were best, etc, what are the important 'take home' > points of the exercise that they can use. Of course, this is after you > have gotten them to inter-team discuss and defend. > > Sorry I have gone on and on, but I just love these sessions with everyone > up and about and making noise in the classroom! I have stomach pain > whenever I go past our lecture hall and see a faculty member lecturing with > powerpoints, the class is only 20% there and those there are not really > there. What a waste of student and faculty talent. > > Dean > > On Feb 6, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Emke, Amanda R. wrote: > > I am considering using Gallery Walks for the first time in my 2nd year > medical student pre-clinical pediatrics course. Having never done them, > though, I wanted to get some feedback/experiences on the time needed to do > them properly. > > Thanks, in advance, for your help! > > Amanda > > > Amanda R. Emke, MD > Instructor, Divisions of Pediatric Critical Care > & Hospital Medicine > Course Master, Pre-Clinical Pediatrics > Washington University School of Medicine > St. Louis Children's Hospital > One Children's Place, NWT CB 8116 > St. Louis, MO 63110 > 314-454-2678 > [log in to unmask] > > > The materials in this email are private and may contain Protected Health > Information. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that any > unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any > action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately > notify the sender via telephone or return email. > > > -- ******************************* Larry K. Michaelsen, Professor of Management Dockery 400G, University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 660/429-9873 voice/cell phone, 660/543-8465 fax For info on: Team-Based Learning (TBL) <www.teambasedlearning.org> Integrative Business Experience (IBE) <http://faculty.ucmo.edu/ibe/home.html > *******************************