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>>Put content online, have the students access it at their own leisure. I second this. This will allow school lessons to better resemble learning the workplace
by rgblambda 6y ago
>>Put content online, have the students access it at their own leisure.
I second this. This will allow school lessons to better resemble learning the workplace.
- mattbk1 6y agoIs there evidence that the way people "learn in the workplace" is better than the way they learn in college? Is there evidence that the way people "learn in the workkplace" is always the same?
- tenacious_tuna 6y agoPersonally I've found all my workspace learning to be far, far more effective and enjoyable than my school experiences. A lot of it is the 1-on-1 mentoring I get in my work environments, or the much more hands-on learning I can do (writing code or making changes myself). This, combined with a much less intense deadline culture (no exams, no hard assignment deadlines), work has always been a more enjoyable learning environment for me. I realize I may be in the minority here, but I find it very hard to see how an apprentice-mentor relationship could ever be outstripped by large-scale lecture-audience dynamics in terms of quality. (Excepting, of course, a poor mentor, but that's balanced out by poor instructors anyway.)
- dorchadas 6y agoUnless the student is self-motivated, often 'access it at their own leisure' means never. Dealing with that currently with all my students who are failing right now because they just didn't think they needed to watch the videos/do the assignments.
- rgblambda 6y agoStudents also sit and daydream in the classroom. In college, you have to physically walk to class and take notes/do exercises. Nobody will help you or make you do it. I've seen many students who studied hard to get in to college then drop out due to poor work ethic as there's less direction.