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The NBIS' teaching literature club in which we read literature regarding teaching.

  • Goal: read and discuss literature on teaching
  • Frequency: monthly
  • Day: around the third Wednesday of the month, from 9:00 (sharp!) - 9:55 (sharp!). Room will be open at 8:45
  • Duration: 55 minutes (max)
  • Meeting type: online-only
  • Online meeting room: https://bit.ly/tlc_room_with_passcode_42

Schedule

Date Person Description
2024-11-28 Elin Kronander Discuss Traci Sitzmann and Stefanie Johnson. "The paradox of seduction by irrelevant details: How irrelevant information helps and hinders self-regulated learning." Learning and Individual Differences (2014): 1-11. Download page
2024-12-18 ? Discuss [paper or book chapter]
. R Share feedback on meetings, share changes to structure

FAQ

What is the goal of the teaching literature club?

Successful journal clubs have a long-term overarching goal [Deenadayalan et al., 2008].

The goal of this teaching literature club is, by reading and discussing the literature on teaching, to become a better teachers

How do I know when meetings are?

The schedule above shows when the meetings are :-)

How do I know which paper or book chapter will be discussed?

Papers will be scheduled ahead of time, ideally at least one month in advance.

Why is there no emaillist?

Because no need for it is felt yet. You are encouraged to volunteer to maintain one :-)

How does a meeting go?

When you show up at a meeting, someone has prepared to discuss a paper or book chapter. This paper or book chapter is announced on this website, ideally at least one month in advance.

The person having picked the reading material determines freely:

  • whether there is a presentation about the reading material
  • how to lead a discussion on the reading material

I am not part of NBIS. Am I welcome?

Yes.

I want to attend and will be 5 minutes late. Am I welcome?

Yes.

There is a chance the literature club has been cancelled, if, for example, there are zero attendees at the starting time.

I want to attend without having read the paper. Am I welcome?

Yes.

I want to attend without suggesting to read a paper. Am I welcome?

Yes.

I want to discuss a paper or book chapter. How do I do so?

Great!

First, we need to know, so we can put you in the schedule and share the reading materials one meeting in advance with the rest.

To let us know: create an Issue here or send an email to [email protected].

Second, on the day you discuss a paper or book chapter, you may determine freely:

  • whether there is a presentation about the reading material
  • how to lead a discussion on the reading material

The meeting will end sharply on time!

I present a something and need to cancel at the last minute. What do I do?

Create an Issue here or send an email to [email protected]. Elin and Richel will always have a paper to be discussed ready.

Why online-only?

NBIS is a national organisation throughout Sweden, hence online is the norm.

Why not hybrid?

We felt it was reasonable to start online-only first. Hybrid meetings are more complex, but we can imagine we go hybrid one day, when groups in different cities start gathering.

Why not meet in real life?

NBIS is a national organisation throughout Sweden, so meeting in real life (in any one place) would exclude most of NBIS.

Why monthly?

A successful journal club meets at regular and predictable intervals [Deenadayalan et al., 2008].

For this club, we felt that monthly is a reasonable starting frequency. If the schedule starts overflowing, we will consider doing this every two weeks.

Who is/are the organizers?

Within an effective journal club it is clear who (singular or plural) leads it [Deenadayalan et al., 2008].

Currently, Richel is chairman and Elin is vice chairman.

Why not organise this differently?

Because this is the current plan.

There are points we feel we can deviate from the literature:

  • In this club, attendance is not expected and not recorded and not mandatory (instead of the advice to have attendance expected and/or recorded and/or mandatory [Deenadayalan et al., 2008]). We feel this does not fit the NBIS life of flexible schedule

You can share your feedback at this repository by:

  • creating an Issue: this results in a public discussion and require a GitHub account
  • sending an email to [email protected]
  • share your feedback in the next round: a round of collection of feedback is planned in November, i.e. after the third meeting. These results will probably be shared in December, i.e. during the fourth meeting.

What is the number of visitors per event?

The number of visitors per event can be found in the data folder of this repository

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References

  • [Deenadayalan et al., 2008] Deenadayalan, Yamini, et al. "How to run an effective journal club: a systematic review." Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 14.5 (2008): 898-911.

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