The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Lectures aren’t effective; it’s time for professors to teach smarter

Skip this paragraph if at any point it sounds familiar. A stereotypical American college student — let’s call him Michael Normalperson — goes to a college lecture class. He is bored. The time he doesn ...
Science Daily

Interactive teaching methods double learning in undergraduate physics class

Interactive teaching methods significantly improved attendance and doubled both engagement and learning in a large physics class, according to a new study. Interactive teaching methods significantly ...
Harvard Business School

Participant-Centered Learning and the Case Method: A Case Study Teacher in Action

Garvin, David A. "Participant-Centered Learning and the Case Method: A Case Study Teacher in Action." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 904-421, April 2004.
JSTOR Daily

Active Learning Versus the Traditional Lecture Methods of Teaching at Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Learners’ Preferences at the Department of Business ...

The main purpose of this study was to assess learners’ preferences of the active learning versus the traditional lecture methods of teaching at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The method most ...
The Stanford Daily

From the community | Not recording lectures incentivizes sick students to come to class

This past quarter, students and faculty alike noticed that lectures were constantly interrupted by a cacophony of coughing from students. In previous years, such coughing could be written off as the ...
The Conversation

Lecture recordings mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?

Professor, Dean of Law School, The University of Western Australia In 2017, a business lecturer posted a photo on LinkedIn showing a completely empty university classroom, 15 minutes after the class ...