Re-inventing the Lecture (Or, Why Online Lectures Don't Work, and What We Can Do About It)

While many who use digital technology in education are attempting new and innovative approaches to teaching over the internet, the use of videotaped lectures is still commonplace in distance education and in open education initiatives. This video argues that the lecture a classroom technique that can be argued to be vestigial at best, even in the classroom ought to be updated rather than reproduced in the online classroom, by paying attention to the limitations and strengths of online video as a medium.

My primary goal is to encourage people to think about the way that various media affect how we communicate, that there should be different pedagogical approaches online than in the classroom.

It seems rather obvious, but theres also a lot of tone-deaf stuff out there. And my pet peeve is the use of recorded classroom lectures for open ed and distance learning programs.

The only thing more boring than a bad lecture is a decent lecture on Youtube.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• online education
• digital storytelling
• student debt
• pedagogy

[MultiPidd]

Good video :)

I came across it through "Hacking the Academy" as a random choice.

I'm considering entering the field of Digital Humanities and signing up for an MA in September, so this was quite relevant!

Thanks :)

[MultiPidd]

Good video :)

I came across it through "Hacking the Academy" as a random choice.

I'm considering entering the field of Digital Humanities and signing up for an MA in September, so this was quite relevant!

Thanks :)

[DrAlemi]

Good advice. I will try to follow it in my courses.

[daviddoria1]

@daviddoria1

Unfortunately, the only way I see to push this idea into the main stream is to wait for most of the faculty with "age spots" to retire :( It is simply such an extreme shift in learning styles and technology that they seem unwilling, if not incapable, of understanding how to adapt.

[daviddoria1]

Retius,

Your summary of "online classes = good. Online lectures = boring" is definitely the part that TheGisdoc is missing. The "age spots" people would say to not share the information at all, and not put the lectures online. The "non-age spots" people would (and ARE) saying Yes! Share the information! In fact, make it MORE interactive and take MORE advantage of recent advances in internet and computing technologies, not simply record the lecture with a video camera and upload when you're done