A lot of my posts here are about alternatives to the traditional lecture-oriented classroom. Based on that, and on Notice that what I don’t include in this list is the one thing that lectures seem ...

With some universities returning to face-to-face teaching this year, ANU Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt noted that, while his university was one of them, lectures would be much less common and not a ...

With some universities returning to face-to-face teaching this year, ANU Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt noted that, while his university was one of them, lectures would be much less common and not a ...

Dr Sara Ashencaen Crabtree and Dr John Cookson respond to an article by Simon Jenkins that argued that traditional live lectures are outmoded and ineffective I take exception to Simon Jenkins’ claim ...

Good instructors, have no fear: you can make up for a bad first impression. A new University of Michigan study shows that while our first impressions of educators might affect our ratings of them, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I mean business about science fiction and geek culture. iTunes U is an underappreciated section on iTunes. It's a pity, because it ...

I shall say this without shame: I lecture in my courses. Yes, I know, in every discussion of “flipped classes” we are reminded that lecturing as a means of transferring basic factual information is a ...