Re:Daphne Koller of Stanford AI Lab on online education
by lmcglone on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @01:17PM
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The best teachers practice differentiated learning, teaching to a variety of learning styles at once. This is essentially using technology to maximize the human element necessary in teaching and then facilitate groups of students who are working at their own pace to demonstrate learning. Keeps students engaged and holds them accountable.
On the other hand, she's not arguing for limiting ourselves to video lectures. Her point (see page 2) is that class time is precious and shouldn't be wasted on lecturing but on problem solving, critical thinking, and discussion, and this I totally agree with. (Why is it taking institutions so long to figure this out?)