Friday, November 30, 2012

Exercise 15.7

The traditional lecture method of education has a number of problems. For example the lecture method does not usually keep the students involved and students may miss, or misinterpret certain notes. In addition, being present is crucial for the professors, so if something happens for professors and he/she cannot make it to class students would miss one complete section which makes professor to do a makeup section for students, and not to mention that makeup sections are always hard to be arranged.Making a lecture available as podcasts, however, will give students extra study notes just in case they left out something important that would be on the exam.There are three reason this teaching method should be adopted.One reason is that freshman students or students who need to listen to lectures more than once would be able to do that.Another reason is that some students just do not take good notes.Finally, it makes the whole experience easier and more convenient for students overall. For these reasons I believe podcasts should be utilized throughout all colleges and even for High schools.

2 comments:

  1. I definitely agree. Students start to stray off and don't follow the instructor as they just continue to ramble. They don't keep interaction and just assume students will follow what is being said. This way students can watch as many times as necessary and interpret what has been said.

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  2. I completely agree. I stated many of the same issues in my response as well. Students (including myself) have always had problems with this far too common practice. I can personally say some instructors I've had in the sometimes don't didn't even stay on topic.

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