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Why do you think universities still give lectures, as the (contemporary) material has been available in written form for a few hundred years? Thousands of profe
by robotresearcher 6y ago
Why do you think universities still give lectures, as the (contemporary) material has been available in written form for a few hundred years? Thousands of professionals, most of them smart and well-intentioned, have had these choices since the advent of cheap printing. Yet lectures today would be recognizable to the ancient Greeks. Why?
- mindvirus 6y agoThat's a good question. I think two things: 1. High quality video recording and transmission is still relatively new technology, and it seems most lectures are audio visual performances. 2. There hasn't been a push for a paradigm shift. Lectures work well enough, and have lots of benefits like creating a gathering of people. But does COVID change that?