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That's great! FYI, it's called a Flipped Classroom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipped_classroom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipped_classroom

• romwell 8y ago
  I tried it when I was teaching Calculus... Turns out, recording video lectures so that they are lively and watchable is hard. The students loved the couple of videos I posted, but then I burned out making them - since doing that was in addition to actually being in class, grading, and working on my thesis. So I went back to the more traditional (and ineffective setting) - one thing I regret about that semester. However, looking back, I'd need an entire semester just to develop the materials. Of course, that was not an option.
  • milliondollar 8y ago
    Why did you feel it necessary to invent the lectures yourself? Surely there are world class lectures out there that you could leverage and then use your time more effectively in the person to person setting? Seems like we are missing the whole potential of the digital (infinitely scalable one to many lectures) by constantly reinventing the wheel.
    • romwell 8y ago
      It's like asking why people still produce music when there are world class records out there. Or why people still write books. Teaching is a performance art as well. That aside, as a graduate student I didn't have that much freedom (or didn't understand how much freedom I actually had) in making changes - and also, it was my first time as an instructor of record, so I was trying different approaches. If I teach again (currently I'm in the industry), I'll know how to direct my efforts better.