Many of early TED talks were fascinating, though they were just a "taste" of the topic being discussed -- no depth no technical details. In recent years, however, the quality has suffered greatly. Some of them are little better than commercial "pitches."
Chris ----- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 Canada [email protected] On Jan 27, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > I just don't get the brou-ha-ha over lectures. > > I lecture. > > I make no excuses for that. > > There is a lot that can be done to make lectures relatively interactive. It's > not rocket science. The pause for students to think about a question asked > during a lecture, and then providing a CORRECT answer! the pause for students > to formulate an answer, maybe a little pair and share, and then solicitation > of the responses. I use lots of embedded demos, especially in cognitive. It > does not have to be 100% delivery, but for most of my classes I'd say it's > about 80% delivery with short film clips, demos and embedded questions. > > Let's face it, discovery learning does not work especially well. Students are > are likely, if not more likely, to hit upon a wrong answer and then convince > their classmates of the wrong information. Go back and check the archives for > many of Hake's postings for evidence to that effect. > > Students who are learning new stuff and have minimal background need lecture. > Ours is not a very hands-on discipline. It's important that they understand > HOW we reached the conclusions we have reached, which is what we are > teaching--the conclusions. > > So what's wrong with lecture? I'm tired of the black and white painting of > course pedagogies. It's all in how you do any of them. Look at the > discussions of powerpoint. It's not powerpoint that is inherently bad. I > think it's great! One of the primary things that attracts our attention is > motion, so that presenting things that appear one by one captures attention. > It's a matter of what it is that appears that is important. > > So I lecture and I use powerpoint. There. I'm proud of it! > > Annette > > ps: And there are a large number of traditional TED talks that I really like > a lot : But some of them are dogs...and most of them are more like lecture > than anything else. > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [email protected] > ________________________________________ > Subject: Aren't TED talks just lectures? > From: "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:51:31 -0600 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Hi > > I often hear or read about how "bad" or "outdated" or whatever lecturing is. > And yet TED talks appear to get lots of good publicity. But aren't TED talks > just lectures, albeit very good ones (usually good, that is)? What do people > who disparage lecturing think it is that they are criticizing? > > Take care > Jim > > > James M. Clark > Professor & Chair of Psychology > [email protected] > Room 4L41A > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg > 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB > R3B 0R4 CANADA > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=23311 > or send a blank email to > leave-23311-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23318 or send a blank email to leave-23318-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
