At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard

Re:At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackb... by bz on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @12:59AM (#431710)

The general sentiment about the TEAL classes (the ones with the clickers) is that they are really gimmicky. Supposedly, it gives the professor some feedback on what concepts are unclear and pushes the students to be attentive.

The problem seems to be that it's just unnecessary structure for something that's typically dynamic. It at least partially devolved into an attendance system - students used to just press in for missing friends, until recently when they had each student buy their own clicker.

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Re:At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackb... by quantumhobbit on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @04:29PM (#432735)

I remain convinced that the only reason they require those clickers is to charge $70-$100 to each student for them.

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Re:At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackb... by JabavuAdams on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @12:28AM (#433234)

You're joking! $70-100?

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