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But then how could the students watching the recorded video ask questions of the lecturer? There are many problems with the way higher education is delivered, b
by te_chris 16y ago
But then how could the students watching the recorded video ask questions of the lecturer? There are many problems with the way higher education is delivered, but i doubt video is the answer. There needs to be some sort of recognition and employment position created within academic institutions that doesn't punish academics because they enjoy teaching. Video lessons are not really that solution when you consider that this issue (lack of effective teachers at tertiary level and lack of encouragement for academic staff to be good teachers) is one primarily born out of the greed of academic institutions.
- aridiculous 16y agoThis could vary by institution, but at my former school (and the ones on MIT open courseware), students rarely ask questions. There's some embarrassment factor, but I suspect it's mostly because it takes time to formulate your confusion into a question AND there's simply not enough time for everybody's questions, and every student feels that.
- te_chris 16y agoI guess I was less addressing the issue of asking questions in class (which you're right, did not happen a lot in the bigger lectures at my university - though it still did - but was super important once you were at 300 level and above and the classes we're a lot smaller with a lot more dialogue between lecturer and student) than the fact that this sort of policy gives academic institutions (that charge students thousands of dollars to attend) even less incentive to provide students with quality education from enthusiastic teachers.