Experimentation with the Classroom

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This is a page more for my use to record and extrapolate from great ideas about transforming the classroom. We have so much potential right now for experimentation to combine old and new to create amazing learning experiences for our students. And I will always work hard to see that potential become realized.

http://www.ted.com In the fall of 2011 Peter Norvig taught a class with Sebastian Thrun on artificial intelligence at Stanford attended by 175 students in situ -- and over 100,000 via an interactive webcast. He shares what he learned about teaching to a global classroom.

Amazing Time Machine to the 14th century classroom - or is it the 21st century?

Everything you need to run a classroom lecture:

  • Textbook
  • Sage on the stage
  • Sleeping student
  • Who's texting?

Mastery-based education in the New York Times, Aug. 11, 2017

“Failing proves that you are trying,” one read; another, “Being wrong is the key to being successful.”

More Readings

Bass, R. 2012. Disrupting ourselves: The problem of learning in higher education. Educause Review, March/April, 23-33.