Integrative Biology 131 - Lecture 29: Forebrain

[hollytom1]

Many people need to hear and see at the same time in order to learn. In one of her first videos, she mentions that she wants the students to write down what she says so that they can transfer the information to long-term storage. Powerpoint lectures have the disadvantage of being fast. The lecturer just flips through slides and students sit passively. Diamond studied the brain for goodness sake! She lectures at the speed of your processing and these videos allow you to review.

[jennifer7f]

this professor is indeed a teacher by nature and knows her way about things,sadly some only want to find negatives about everything clearly showing lack of self interest .this video's are helpfull 2 students like myself who study in foreing languages who needs confident ,well experienced references from such professor's.

[formfitsfunction]

A textbook does not have experience.

[BrianPx1]

@formfitsfunction Yes! exactly - good point. What this lecturer is doing is providing what a text book does - a recitation of facts. There is very little experience presented (in my opinion). What would experience look like? "Ok class, today we a 55 yr old diabetic man that presents with a 3 hr history of left sided weakness. Last night you read in your texts about the descending motor pathways. Now I want you do figure our where the lesion could be." Let's think!

[5dsdouglas]

@BrianPx1 I don't know about you, but I have had some awful college professors. In comparison I think she does a phenomenal job at introducing complex structures to individuals who are learning it for the first time. Additionally, I agree that such questions are great for learning, and if you listen to her lectures she does utilize such methods, but that method isn’t really practical for an hour in an auditorium full of students.

[BrianPx1]

Notice who the instructor talks to...the chalk board. Who is the learner here? How does her recitation of factual knowledge help the learner learn? I'm assuming students are dutifully copying her drawings.

This is an example of inefficient learning. Whenever you lecture, ask yourself...what is it that I am doing here that a textbook could never do? If the answer is nothing then give them a handout or pages in a book to read!

[ChapelHillElectric]

@BrianPx1 - Yeah, I agree, to bad she doesn't have a nice ass. But then I wouldn't learn any thing any way. tehehehehe

[formfitsfunction]

@BrianPx1 I would like to see you do it better then...She is not teaching a bunch of third graders where she has to turn around every 5 seconds to make sure they are not throwing spit balls. She teaches from pure knowledge instead of reading straight from a power point..That is a true skill.

[BrianPx1]

@formfitsfunction - what is it that she is doing that a textbook does not do? A textbook contains much better diagrams. Put yourself in the place of the learner and ask "is this an efficient way to learn?" I must agree with the speaker however with her comments starting at 03:54.

[formfitsfunction]

@BrianPx1 A textbook does not have experience..

[jls850807]

To bad the first part of the lecture is missing on the Frontal lobe.

[coolboy19872003]

Thank Prof. Diamond. You have enlightened me on my understanding on GENERAL ANATOMY!!!!

[mamaalik12]

this is first year med right? are there plans to mae further videos?

[juanpdiaz]

nah, this it could be first year of any medical career (PT, nurse, OT, Odontology, etc)

all of this is basic

[altrand]

No, this is an undergraduate course (intro anatomy)

[RAYjohn14]

great video...helped me alot to study for a test