Teaching with Technology http://blog.lib.umn.edu/sadrai/metaverse/ This site is dedicated to educational technology, particularly (but not limited to,) works related to synthetic, immersive environments. en Copyright 2012 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:04:46 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss New learning technologies prompt a rethinking of traditional course structure From Chronicle of Higher Education:
By Jeffrey R. Young
Washington

"The first question many undergraduates ask professors on the first day of class is whether they really have to show up.

The way they phrase it is a bit more subtle, says Dekunle Somade, a senior at the University of Maryland at College Park. What his fellow students actually ask is: "Will reruns of lectures be available after class, or at least the full set of PowerPoint slides?"

Mr. Somade told me recently that "the general idea is that if I don't have to come to class, I don't want to come to class--and technology is giving students more and more reason not to come."

That leads to a big question: Why even have a traditional college course?..."

To see the rest of this article, please go to:
http://chronicle.com/article/Actually-Going-to-Class-How/126519/

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The hype is gone, but not the interest, and professors think some emerging projects may have instructional staying power

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http://techlearning.com/section/Blogs/24150

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"College leaders usually brag about their tech-filled "smart" classrooms, but a dean at Southern Methodist University is proudly removing computers from lecture halls. José A. Bowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, has challenged his colleagues to "teach naked" -- by which he means, sans machines."

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