A professor responds to a critique of traditional learning
Prof. Pettigrew says proper lectures work just fine
A defense against those who say lectures should be “social”
What happened to the last two months?
What should you do when you have a hard time understanding your professor?
Canadore theatre arts lecturer is first non-university winner
Schools post lecture videos, intro classes and even full-semester courses online
The joys of not sitting beside the Loud Whisperer
At MIT, attendance is up and the failure rate down by 50 percent
I was sitting in the middle of a chemistry lecture the first time it happened. One moment I was copying notes from the projector, the next I was suddenly staring at my sleeve. It took me a couple of seconds to realize that 15 minutes of class had vanished, and instead of writing notes about electron orbitals, I had been drooling into my armrest.