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The liveness is a separate issue which is open-and-shut. There are no real benefits to being physically present aside from the "theatricality" (in which case t
by jimmyvalmer 7y ago
The liveness is a separate issue which is open-and-shut. There are no real benefits to being physically present aside from the "theatricality" (in which case the topic has to be really nontechnical), and the benefits of pause/rewind are obvious.
The lecture format is just plain wrong. I can only assume it gained popularity in european academia because printed publication was too costly, and because the royal society liked to dress up and feel self-important?
- ghaff 7y ago>The lecture format is just plain wrong. I can't agree. I've been to many many non-interactive lectures and talks that were quite wonderful. It's a very different experience than just reading something. Of course it's not always better. But it's a wholly different experience. And I'm pretty sure it pre-dates European court life.
- jimmyvalmer 7y agoYour conception of learning is quite distinct from the Asian one which is very clearly "pain is gain." The only lectures I emerged from where I felt "wonderful" were ones I completely understood -- that is, lectures in the humanities and arts in which I didn't have to flex a neuron.
- friendlybus 7y agoGood lectures in the humanities are partly there to tell you why you know what you know and expand on that and reinforce it with a good structure built from knowledge. That doesn't require masochism or a sense of conscious pain to gain a benefit. Using pain as a single measure of learning is missing the mark. But yeah learning will always cost something, even if it's just time.