Then you can decide whether you want to pursue that person… Employing a speed dating model in the classroom in place of a panel can be an effective way for students to learn a variety of perspectives in a short amount of time.

This model improves and enhances student engagement and “creates learning that is active, collaborative, and fosters learning relationships” (Zepke and Leach, 2013).

It is important to pay attention to time during the activity.Each round has to be long enough for the students to gather some information and short enough to get to each panelist during the activity. Most important is to leave time for reflection for the students.At the end of the experience, have students work in their pairs to discuss what they learned.Each pair turned in a list of three-five questions ranked by their specific interests.As the instructor, I assigned one-two questions per pair.