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True story. I live in the US. A [famous] colleague of mine was invited to give a lecture at a major German university in front of a professor's class. At the
by SeanLuke 4y ago
True story. I live in the US. A [famous] colleague of mine was invited to give a lecture at a major German university in front of a professor's class. At the end of his lecture, the professor picked a random student out of the class, and the student came down and gave a perfect 1-minute summary of the lecture.
My colleague asked how the students could be so disciplined. The professor said it was simple: they knew he would pick one at random, so they all had pre-prepared summaries of the lecture based on studying my colleague's submitted lecture notes the day before.
- thih9 4y agoI wouldn’t want to participate in a course like this. I’d say it’s the lecturer’s job to explain a topic well enough so that the students can summarize it. If students have to memorize a summary before the lecture then something feels wrong. Good for the lecturer, I guess.
- arkitaip 4y agoThe purpose of great lectures isn't to regurgitate what is readily available in the literature or slides but to give students an opportunity to Q&A the parts which they don't understand.
- bombcar 4y agoExactly - many talks and lectures would be much better if the audience reviewed the material beforehand and didn't need to spend most of the time having powerpoint slides read to them.
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