Keith
That's a compelling idea that I have not given sufficient thought to.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:55 PM, KEITH RUSSELL <
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> But, lectures are also places where particular kinds of LEARNING might
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happen.
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...
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In the case of humanities lecturing, there can be significant cognitive
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modelling/apprenticeship that takes place in the lecture room.
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> That is, the lecturer is actually practising the art of thinking, in the
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particular field, as they are lecturing.
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My empiricist mind wonders if there are any data. What the lecturer might
think is a great learning experience for students might not actually be
that to the students themselves. I know that I used to do this in my large
(300 student lectures, but discovered that students did not like it. They
said (in their anonymous comments) "the professor was not well prepared."
But in a MOOC, perhaps this could be managed by having the lecturer say
that at this point, several lines of thought will be considered: Pause: the
students then switch to a multiple choice or free-form screen in which they
are asked to list what these might be. then the lecturer continues. During
each thought stream, students are asked to rate them, rank them, or
otherwise assess them.
The advantage of a MOOC is that each student can listen at their own pace
and the system can enforce some systemic thought process on the evolving
ideas.
Hmm. We could teach critiquing that way.
Present an image and have students judge it.
then ask if they considered A, B, or C -- and point out the components of
A, B, and C -- again, asking for a judgment.
the student responses are not necessarily graded: they are forcing
functions for reflective thought.
Neat idea: I'll work on it. And, back to my empiricist bent: we could
collect data to determine how effective this was. We could even do A/B
testing. half the students get the material one way, the other half a
second way and we compare the results.
Don
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Nielsen Norman Group, IDEO Fellow
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