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50 Alternatives To Lecturing

TeachThought - Learn better.

Talking with students and expecting them to respond meaningfully isn’t lecture–that’s accountable talk, which itself is close to a Socratic dialogue or Paideia seminar. Gamified learning (gamification). Self-guided MOOC. Traditional MOOC. Paideia Seminar. Socratic Seminar. Sync Teaching.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

There’s now a movement to teach humanities seminars online. And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. This rising tide could pause. Skepticism about the quality of online learning could migrate to the general population.

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