Eric Mazur: "I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material. Who was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the agonizing conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students to fail! I will show how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it has improved my students' performance significantly."
Eric Mazur is the Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University. An internationally recognized scientist and researcher, he leads a vigorous research program in optical physics and supervises one of the largest research groups in the Physics Department at Harvard University.
Dr. Mazur is author or co-author of 243 scientific publications and 12 patents. He has also written on education and is the author of Peer Instruction: A User's Manual (Prentice Hall, 1997), a book that explains how to teach large lecture classes interactively. In 2006 he helped produce the award-winning DVD Interactive Teaching. (also see: Peer Instruction: Ten years of experience and results.)
Friday, 25 November 2011
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Blended Learning Revisited
John Seely Brown
Dava Newman
John Belcher
March 10, 2010
“Playing at its deepest sense -- making, testing, trying, riddling the system -- that’s the thing.... If that isn’t an interesting description of deep research, I don’t know what is.” ~John Seely Brown
Screen shots from Dr. Brown's Lecture
Dava Newman
John Belcher
March 10, 2010
“Playing at its deepest sense -- making, testing, trying, riddling the system -- that’s the thing.... If that isn’t an interesting description of deep research, I don’t know what is.” ~John Seely Brown
Screen shots from Dr. Brown's Lecture
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
A day in the life of an online virtual high school teacher
2011 National Online Teacher of the Year: Kristin Kipp
Teacher at Colorado's Jefferson County's 21st Century Virtual Academy
Colorado teacher Kristin Kipp is living the dream of every teacher. She's teaching effectively and making a difference in the lives of her students. She's also home with her children as they grow and prosper.
Skill, dedication, and talent open doors to opportunities we might not even realize are there.
Congratulations Kristin! Keep doing the good work!
Teacher at Colorado's Jefferson County's 21st Century Virtual Academy
Colorado teacher Kristin Kipp is living the dream of every teacher. She's teaching effectively and making a difference in the lives of her students. She's also home with her children as they grow and prosper.
Skill, dedication, and talent open doors to opportunities we might not even realize are there.
Congratulations Kristin! Keep doing the good work!
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