I say Pub, you say Quiz

After dinner at the CFB Reps Forum last September, Peter Klappa gave us a practical demonstration of how pub quizzes can be used in an educational context. In spite of the hangover next day, I decided that this was still a good idea and that I wanted to try it out on one of my own courses.

In a nail-bitingly close finish (nineteen and a half point to nineteen), AIDS & Co managed to hold off a late push from the Vacant Virologists to unexpectedly claim the confectionery prize. The whole thing was clearly very engaging, and I will certainly be using this format again, although like all such interventions, it clearly needs to be used sparingly to remain effective.

Feedback:

1. Have you done this type of exercise before (if so, when)?
No (3)

2. Was this session useful?
I found it very useful – learnt a lot. I will be using the quizzes on blackboard more since doing questions has proved helpful. Very useful form of revision. I learned more than I expected to from it. It was a nice overview of the past few weeks (and it doesn’t hurt that we had fun doing it).

3. Any other comments?
Can we have a copy of the answers please.
Very enjoyable. Would be nice to have a copy of the Q&As.
[problematic - writing good questions is time consuming and I need to be able to reuse them]