GOAL: Student Learning. STRATEGY: Lecture. EXPECTATIONS?

Lecturing for hours on end is outdated. We need to create learning activities, other than passive listening, if we want to increase learning. That is now possible with the use of student response systems (clickers) and collaborative activities. We can “flip” our class time so the lectures are done as home work, and the practicing and applying and such are done with the instructor present to lead the process.

This is the reaction of the writer of http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/07/27/ending-the-tyranny-of-the-lecture/ after watching Eric Mazur demonstrate his teaching of Physics at a conference. Good stuff.