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How Technology Is Killing (or Saving) the Lecture
Jeff YoungChronicle of Higher Education@jryoung
A Dangerous Talk
Set Your Phones to “On”
The Problem
The Problem
45%
“No significant improvement in learning” during first 2 years of college.
The Problem
36%
“No significant improvement in learning” during 4 years of college.
College is Lecture Land
College is Lecture Land
76% of professors say they lecture.
College is Lecture Land
3 minof each 50-minute lecture devoted to questions.
College teaching isn’t as good as people think it is.
History of the Lecture
Technologies Killing the Lecture
Technologies Killing the Lecture
1.
Info Karaoke
Evolution of Classroom Tech
Stage 1
Stage 2
We don't desire CDs; we want the music they hold. We don't enjoy reading newspapers, we like the content they produce. Similarly we don't pay tuition for classes, we want the knowledge they provide. Music then newspapers, will professors be next?
Technologies Killing the Lecture
2.
MIT Open Courseware
60%
of college tech leaders plan to install lecture-capture systems.
Invading a ‘Sacred Space’?
Invading a ‘Sacred Space’?
Playing to the Camera
Technologies Killing the Lecture3.
Tech Gear Students Own
87%
* Source: ECAR 2011 national study of 3,000 students from 1,179 colleges.
Tech Gear Students Own
87%
* Source: ECAR 2011 national study of 3,000 students from 1,179 colleges.
55%
Tech Gear Students Own
87%
* Source: ECAR 2011 national study of 3,000 students from 1,179 colleges.
55%
8%
Technologies Killing the Lecture4.
Challenge to Authority
Students don’t see professors as only source of information about their topic of expertise.
Rise of the MOOC
Lecture Fail?
Lecture Fail?
Can Lectures Be Saved?
Technologies Saving the Lecture
1.
Khan Academy
“Inverted” or “Flipped”Classroom
Info-Lecture Now Homework
Virginia Tech Math Emporium
Technologies Saving the Lecture2.
Harnessing Tech
Harnessing Tech
Stephen Baldridge, an assistant professor of social, sent his students on a campus-wide hunt inspired by the TV reality show The Amazing Race.
Classroom ‘Moneyball’
Technologies Saving the Lecture3.
Class Project: Wikipedia Entry
Class Blog
Professors Respond
An Administrator’s Challenge
Still an Open Question
Send in a video today: http://chronicle.com/lecturefail
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