Overview: Buzz groups offer an effective strategy for promoting small-group interactions among learners. In buzz groups, small numbers of learners work together around a particular focus or task. This teaching strategy can be integrated into lectures, case discussions, and presentations.
The buzz group is a collaborative method whose primary goal is to achieve participation among all members of the group. It may be a particularly effective strategy in large group sessions. This strategy also helps activate learners’ prior knowledge and serves as a method for problem solving.
This interactive Facilitator’s Guide provides information on ways to implement
this and other teaching strategies to help you build your own educator’s
portfolio.
Objectives: After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Define buzz group and the rationale for its use.
- Identify best practices for utilizing the buzz group strategy.
- Write a teaching plan to prepare for the practice of this teaching strategy.
- Create an action plan for your future success as a practitioner of the buzz group method.
Length: This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Learning Activities: To complete this online module, you must read text on the screen and link to resources provided for your review. The module includes video and/or audio clips to enhance learning, as well as Self-assessments and/or Progress Checks that will help you identify areas of understanding. An online "Journal" is available for you to (1) record your personal responses to reflective questions designed to enhance your comprehension of the content and (2) provide a place where you can take notes. In addition, there is a centralized online "Briefcase" for you to save items that you would like to access later. At the end of the module you will be directed to an evaluation.
Accreditation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity carries 0.5 contact hours.
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