Abstract:
In this article, the author considers the motivational power in allocating to groups of students in
a History of Economic Thought (HET) course a new formative Pecha Kucha (PK) presentation
assignment on one economic school of thought. Following this, each group then posted its PK
on the Moodle course forum and commented on PK presentations by other groups. The
assignment aimed to encourage students to engage more with technology; to learn on their own
and with each other and from each other; to acquire abstracting skills; to address the breadth
rather than only the depth of learning; and to make use of the brevity of PK in shortening the
long history of economics. The author weighs up the advantages and limitations of this
assignment and reflects on its applicability to other courses.
