Comments on: The Lecture is Dead http://notwandering.com/2009/05/20/the-lecture-is-dead/ A blog about travel, code, and stumbling into meaning Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:13:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Marc http://notwandering.com/2009/05/20/the-lecture-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Marc Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:02:48 +0000 http://notwandering.com/?p=226#comment-199 A related link http://education.change.org/blog/view/the_wonks_technology_does_and_doesnt_boost_learning Excerpt: "The sample of students who took only the technology were only given half the time, they were only given half the semester to take it, and so they took it under their own control, their own speed, they took exactly the same hour exams, exactly the same final exam as the other students, and they did better than the other students. Not only did they do better, they did it faster, obviously. So we're challenging both the idea of a semester and the course load in a semester, as well as do you actually need a lecturer who's going to pace it for you." A related link

http://education.change.org/blog/view/the_wonks_technology_does_and_doesnt_boost_learning

Excerpt:

“The sample of students who took only the technology were only given half the time, they were only given half the semester to take it, and so they took it under their own control, their own speed, they took exactly the same hour exams, exactly the same final exam as the other students, and they did better than the other students. Not only did they do better, they did it faster, obviously. So we’re challenging both the idea of a semester and the course load in a semester, as well as do you actually need a lecturer who’s going to pace it for you.”

]]> By: A thought experiment: Should you be aiming to drop out of school? at Not Wandering http://notwandering.com/2009/05/20/the-lecture-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-188 A thought experiment: Should you be aiming to drop out of school? at Not Wandering Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:35:08 +0000 http://notwandering.com/?p=226#comment-188 [...] shared some thoughts a little while ago about lectures. I want to play a game now: what if your goal was to drop out of school? What skills would you need [...] [...] shared some thoughts a little while ago about lectures. I want to play a game now: what if your goal was to drop out of school? What skills would you need [...]

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