I just recently graduated and here are my insights for material absorption: -I don't like it when lecturers used slides. Most don't do it right. -I learned mo

I just recently graduated and here are my insights for material absorption: -I don't like it when lecturers used slides. Most don't do it right. -I learned more from programming projects than exams (it's a hand's on thing). -Open exams are a true test. Classes that offer these challenge students that learning is about understanding. - Multiple Choice is BS. Free response rocks. Partial credit is commendable. Human knowledge isn't binary. You can know bits and pieces of information and derive the truth. -The problem with college and grades is that we're wired to think that doing well on exams is a good measure of how much we know; in reality, that's not the case. -The professors I gave the highest reviews were, in fact, the easy ones, but that's because in those classes I was more focused on learning about the stories, the concepts and the presenter instead of my learning "strategy" (gaming the class for the highest outcome). I learn more in "easy" classes. Easy doesn't mean no work. More like do the work and get the grade - I've found incentivized answering to be more effective than cold calling. Discussions are powerful tools. To get people discussing, incentivize with points on an exam or something. I also appreciated when lecturers offered extra points for attending outside class events, that helped encourage interest in the subject. We often lose sight of real world applications when we're absorbed in theory.