[etni] Fw: re lecture attendance online
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- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:05:49 +0200
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From: Lev Abramov - lev.abramov@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: lecture attendance online
Batya wrote:
Some people are audial learners and must hear and experience
the lesson, rather than just read it.
Personally, I need the personal interaction for learning.
1. For truly audial learners it makes not difference whether they hear a
'live' voice or a recorded one. Podcasts (or any other method of archiving
sound - or sound and video, which, given the development of MPEG4, can also
serve to the advantage of the mobile learners) are an ideal medium for
audial learners, because they can "re-listen" to whatever they might find
hard to grasp at first listening.
For MPEG4, see http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/mpeg4/ for
technology description, and http://www.i4u.com/article1422.html for an
attractive example)
2. People who need to "experience" lessons are usually kinesthetic learners,
not audial ones, and for them, I agree, it is desirable to either attend
f2f classes (I can even venture hypothesizing that they constitute the
majority of those who attend despite the lectures being optional and not
compulsory). However, today's technology can offer wuite a few compensatory
techniques and teaching strategies/delivery methods to overcome this
difficulty.
3. It makes sense stressing the fact that universities do not cancel f2f
classes (which, under the circumstances, would be the best possible course
of action, to my mind) - they augment f2f classes with online delivery.
4. The NSD phenomenon has been sufficiently studied to encompass all kinds
of learners, not only the visual ones who obviously benefit most from the
switch.
5. Despite being an enthusiast of online learning, I believe that the future
will bring the optimal balance of f2f and online, in the form of
hybrid/blended delivery.
Digitally yours -
Lev
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