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So I watched this video from Sal Khan, basically he was talking a lot about reformation of education and how the standard lecture-type classroom model of education dates back to Prussia in the 1800's and how it follows a sort of assembly line-esque format, push kids to learn a subject by a certain age, push them on to the next subject whether or not mastery had been attained.
Basically a solution he thought of was essentially removing lectures from the classroom, where basically the teacher has the lecture in a format similar to khanacademy where the teacher has a notepad and is writing and records the lecture on video and the students can watch it whenever they want. After the students watch the video, they come to the next class meeting and it becomes a 2 hour interactive problem solving session guided by the professor.
I wanted to know opinions about this, because I think it would be actually really good, because the students can watch the videos at their own pace, because for me in a 2 hour lecture after 15 minutes I'm already losing concentration, and once I miss something, the next 1 hour and 45 minutes is lost trying to play catch up.
So I watch the videos, take note of any questions, and then run a 2 hour problem solving session with fellow students, and we do problems given by the professor, and work on them together with the professor giving us guidance. Imagine doing the homework by yourself with no one versus having a phd guiding you throughout the class session when you get stuck. It would be better because of the interaction vs. a boring lecture.
Anyway before I go off on a rant I wanted to know educators positions on this. There's a benefit to them as well, they no longer have to repeat the same lecture over and over again, but instead can do it one time, record it, and be done with it.
Video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g55YZj39D4A&NR=1
Basically a solution he thought of was essentially removing lectures from the classroom, where basically the teacher has the lecture in a format similar to khanacademy where the teacher has a notepad and is writing and records the lecture on video and the students can watch it whenever they want. After the students watch the video, they come to the next class meeting and it becomes a 2 hour interactive problem solving session guided by the professor.
I wanted to know opinions about this, because I think it would be actually really good, because the students can watch the videos at their own pace, because for me in a 2 hour lecture after 15 minutes I'm already losing concentration, and once I miss something, the next 1 hour and 45 minutes is lost trying to play catch up.
So I watch the videos, take note of any questions, and then run a 2 hour problem solving session with fellow students, and we do problems given by the professor, and work on them together with the professor giving us guidance. Imagine doing the homework by yourself with no one versus having a phd guiding you throughout the class session when you get stuck. It would be better because of the interaction vs. a boring lecture.
Anyway before I go off on a rant I wanted to know educators positions on this. There's a benefit to them as well, they no longer have to repeat the same lecture over and over again, but instead can do it one time, record it, and be done with it.
Video for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g55YZj39D4A&NR=1