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Re:The Greatest Teaching Techniques Don't Compute over Zoom by hinkley on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:38PM (#23835050)
I would think it's even worse than that. Do the same teaching aids/rhetorical devices work out for face-to-face, small group, auditorium, remote people? It doesn't seem like they do. I've cringed through a few different videos of someone who developed a presentation for 50 people and then was blindsided by a room full of 400 and their material didn't quite work.

Your presentation is deeply affected by the kind of audience you're aimed at.

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Re:The Greatest Teaching Techniques Don't Compute over Zoom by kkylin on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:55PM (#23838464)
Oh absolutely, there are many differences between in person and online, and (as you said) the size of the audience definitely matters. Part of the job of instructors is to work the crowd, and in that sense it is not different from any other kind of performance. Setting matters.

I guess I was making a point in reaction to the many "hybrid" in person / online courses being offered by universities, for the fall and possibly beyond. Hybrid is actually harder than either 100% in person or 100% online.

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