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Students prefer good lectures over the latest technology in class | University Affairs - 3 views

www.universityaffairs.ca/atest-technology-in-class.aspx

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  • they want lectures. They want to listen to a professor who’s engaging, who’s intellectually stimulating and who delivers the content to them,” says Vivek Venkatesh, associate dean of academic programs and development in the school of graduate studies at Concordia University.
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      J.Randolph Radney on 21 Nov 12
       
      Perhaps what students WANT is not what is best for them. Are they being lazy learners to expect a teacher to 'deliver content', as compare with more active learning strategies?
  • The reporter fails to mention that the majority of both teachers and students like technology in the classroom. And then tries to turn this report into one that is anti-technology.
  • But frankly when I find an eager proponent of, say, group work and student-directed discussions, I often (although not always) find a professor who simply can't lecture; and, worse, is not liked by their students.
    • J.Randolph Radney
      J.Randolph Radney on 21 Nov 12
       
      It is possible, however, to be a professor who lectures well and still prefers the use of more active learning in the classroom.
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Simply Speaking - Teaching and Learning with Technology - 3 views

tlt.its.psu.edu/...simplyspeaking

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shared by J.Randolph Radney on 05 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Simply Speaking is a series of brief videos created by Teaching and Learning with Technology that explain technology topics in everyday language and with a little humor. They are modeled after the "... in plain english" videos that explain more general technologies such as Google Docs.
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For Students, Why the Question is More Important Than the Answer | MindShift - 0 views

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  • Rule 1: Ask As Many Questions as You Can (Gives License to Ask).
  • Rule 2: Do Not Stop to Discuss, Judge, or Answer Any Question (Creates Safe Space and Protection).
  • Rule 3: Write Down Every Question Exactly as It Is Stated (Levels the Playing Field So All Questions and Voices Are Respected.)
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  • Rule 4: Change Any Statement into a Question (Insists on the Discipline of Phrasing, Asking, and Thinking in Questions, Not Statement).
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Don't Confuse Technology With Teaching - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 5 views

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shared by J.Randolph Radney on 13 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Education is not the transmission of information or ideas. Education is the training needed to make use of information and ideas. As information breaks loose from bookstores and libraries and floods onto computers and mobile devices, that training becomes more important, not less.
  • Educators are coaches, personal trainers in intellectual fitness. The value we add to the media extravaganza is like the value the trainer adds to the gym or the coach adds to the equipment. We provide individualized instruction in how to evaluate and make use of information and ideas, teaching people how to think for themselves.
  • A set of podcasts is the 21st-century equivalent of a textbook, not the 21st-century equivalent of a teacher.
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  • Technology can make education better. It will do so, in part, by forcing us to reflect on what education is, identify what only a person can do, and devote educators' time to that.
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