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Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
A recent article on the BBC News website asks why lectures aren't obsolete. It seems strange that although research points to their ineffectiveness as a method of learning, lectures still figure predominantly in higher education. The third concerns the nature of the lecture itself. There are three issues to consider here.
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. The key question is: What can replace the lecture? Worse still, they may decide not to attend lectures at all. Most students will switch off.
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Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
It's a very effective method to help the audience join the dots. The approach helps students to connect together the elements of the lesson or lecture and to see a more holistic view. Used appropriately, it can be a very effective method to prepare students' minds for when an important principle or concept needs to be conveyed.
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
It's a very effective method to help the audience join the dots. The approach helps students to connect together the elements of the lesson or lecture and to see a more holistic view. Used appropriately, it can be a very effective method to prepare students' minds for when an important principle or concept needs to be conveyed.
Learning with e's
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
These have their uses, but there is much more available in the assessment repertoire of effective teachers. The nurse lecturers asked me to solve a problem in which student nurses seemed disengaged with the assessment tasks. Unported License. I recently worked as a visiting scholar at a university that trained nurses.
Learning with e's
JULY 12, 2017
They will have no memories of the 20th century, which just happens to be the same century their lecturers were born and educated within. It's safe to claim that much of higher education is firmly rooted in the past , reflecting colonial history, traditional values and 20th (or even 19th) Century pedagogies. Unported License.
Learning with e's
FEBRUARY 16, 2014
Christian claims that a new pedagogy is emerging that is directly driven by the upsurge in online activity. Christian identifies three key changes in pedagogy that I want to discuss over my next three blog posts. The classroom is no longer the unique centre of learning, based on information delivery through a lecture."
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