“There are no stupid questions” is a cultural truism. But as every prof knows, there are naïve questions. When asked in class, they meet with a collective eye roll, and are either tolerated or (dealt with quickly and) dismissed by profs and peers alike. But if oft-repeated, a naive question is a valuable commodity for [...]
Is classroom technology underused in higher ed? A recent survey of college and university students in the US found that fewer than half of respondents said that their professors are using computers in the classroom and/or online resources in their courses. This percentage was actually a decline of almost 10% from the previous year. The [...]
on-demand lecture videos to improve student performance: This month in New Scientist, a controversial study entitled “Can Podcasts Replace Professors?” demonstrated that a group of students provided with audio-video recordings of lectures can perform just as well, in some cases better, than those who sit in the lecture hall and listen live. To this, tweeting [...]
