Lecturing hasn’t changed much in hundreds of years. Transmission. Delivering information. But knowledge is something that has to be constructed in the brains of the learners.
The process of learning:
- Transfer of information (in class)
- Assimilation of the information (out of class) This is what teachers should focus on
So then in class teach by questioning, rather than by telling (that what Socrates did…)
Peer learning-beginning learner has more empathy with someone who doesn’t understand than the teacher who has understood for years. The learning takes place in the discussion.
Benefits of cognitive dissonance to gain understanding of difficult concepts.
Flip the learning – get the info before the lesson:
- Video-pace set by video, passive
- Reading-learner sets the pace, more active
Perusall-social learning platform where teacher uploads text for students to read before lesson. Students can add questions and annotations and the platform has some algorithms that track student engagement and completion.
Who owns the learning? Alan November
Great wall-sized infographic of my keynote at #uLearn17 this morning pic.twitter.com/Ylz5swM5HZ
— Eric Mazur (@eric_mazur) October 11, 2017
