EDIT: (almost typed EDIOT, which would be apt!): I fixed the link below. Apologies to all.<\/p>\n
Hey folks, I’ll be here all week.<\/p>\n
Dental students at the University of Michigan are listening to podcasts of their professors’ lectures<\/a>. The initiative was led by a second-year student. The lectures are available through the iTunes music store.<\/p>\n Amazing. What students won’t do in their quest for knowledge.<\/p>\n That’s really only semi-facetious. Perhaps not facetious at all. Think about this quote: “I do walk (to class) often, and I will listen to the lectures 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back.” That’s Jared Van Ittersum, the student who started the project. His words demonstrate the false dichotomy between the “sage on the stage” and the “guide at the side.” The time-and-place constraints of the classroom (beautiful, necessary, misleading constraints) distort our understanding of learning. The classroom is one node of attention and focus, with ramifications we could imagine more creatively.<\/p>\n I think of Bernstein’s monologue in Citizen Kane<\/em> about the girl on the ferry.<\/p>\n Thanks to eSchoolNews<\/a> for the tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EDIT: (almost typed EDIOT, which would be apt!): I fixed the link below. Apologies to all. Hey folks, I’ll be here all week. Dental students at the University of Michigan are listening to podcasts of their professors’ lectures. The initiative … Continue reading