Tag: lectures
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Guide on the side, or sidelined?
in AIWe talk about the need for teachers to move from being the ‘sage on the stage’ to the ‘guide on the side’, and how this is a positive approach that positions the student at the centre of their learning rather than the teacher. But another way of viewing this is that students’ use of AI…
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Weekly digest (24-30 Jul 2023)
A collection of resources and courses to learn about AI. Elements of AI Elements of AI is a series of free online courses created by MinnaLearn and the University of Helsinki. We want to encourage as broad a group of people as possible to learn what AI is, what can (and can’t) be done with…
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Comment: Videoconferencing Alternatives: How Low-Bandwidth Teaching Will Save Us All
When we try to replicate classroom experiences in an online environment, it’s easy to think of video conferencing as our go-to tool for all sorts of learning objectives—and for good reason. Most of us have participated in a video conference at work or had a video chat with friends or family at some point. We…
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Effective lectures
This is the first draft of an article that was eventually published in the Clinical Teacher mobile app. Introduction “The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressures into passive receptacles. He is a senior student anxious to help his juniors” (William Osler, 1849-1919) In medical education, the word “lecture”…
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I enjoyed reading (February)
Is the lecture dead? The real purpose of a lecture is to show the mind and heart of the lecturer at work, and to engage the minds and hearts of learners. It’s important to understand that lectures in themselves are not bad but that they, like any teaching medium can be used badly. A good…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-16
in DigestUniversity lectures are a legacy of our pre-digital past http://t.co/RSOuMHuo via @zite # Presentation: The need for engagement in education (redux) http://t.co/DlXe0zjp via @zite # Research Zebra: Seven things you need to know when your partner is doing a doctorate http://t.co/dJJCcHS3 #
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Posted to Diigo 07/14/2012
University lectures are a legacy of our pre-digital past Today’s standard lecture, as a knowledge delivery model, is a legacy of our pre-digital past. We already have decades of research behind us which says that, as far as learning goes, having one person stand up in front of lots of people and talking non-stop is…
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Applying theoretical concepts to clinical practice
I just finished giving feedback to my students on the concept mapping assignment they’re busy with. It’s the first time I’ve used concept mapping in an assignment and in addition to the students’ learning, I’m also trying to see if it helps me figure out what they really understand about applying the theory we cover…
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Posted to Diigo 08/18/2010
Killing the Lecture With Technology, Part II – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education – Annotated Gregory A. Moses, a professor of engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has tried to reverse the “lecture-homework paradigm” in a computational science course. Instead of watching a lecture and doing homework later, outside…
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Posted to Diigo 05/02/2010
1020. Mobil Learning « Tomorrow’s Professor Blog You can’t force students to pay attention if they don’t want to. And even if you forbid all electronic gadgets, students will still daydream, whisper, and pass notes. You can’t force students to pay attention if they don’t want to. If you permit mobile devices, establish rules of…