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12 Mar 09
sciencegeekgirl » The burden of proof: What does education research really tell us?
Looking at the resistance to change in education even when research supports certain strategies (like active learning). Educators resist using new teaching methods when they don't feel the research matches up with their personal experience. Education research isn't the same as pure scientific research in a lab where everything can be controlled, but if there is some repeatability in multiple contexts, isn't that educational research onto something?
13 Jan 09
At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com
Success story of getting rid of lectures in favor of more active learning for science courses at MIT
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The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning. Last fall, after years of experimentation and debate and resistance from students, who initially petitioned against it, the department made the change permanent. Already, attendance is up and the failure rate has dropped by more than 50 percent.
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“Just as you can’t become a marathon runner by watching marathons on TV,” Professor Mazur said, “likewise for science, you have to go through the thought processes of doing science and not just watch your instructor do it.”
27 Nov 07
eLearn: Case Studies - The Reluctant Online Professor
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Great success story of an instructor who reluctantly converted a face-to-face course to an online one. Because she focused on using the technology to do things she couldn't do in a physical classroom and creating an environment for active learning, her online course was one of the most successful she has ever taught.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-27
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As it turned out, this was one of the best courses, online or onsite, I have ever taught. Not only did I witness enormous engagement among almost all of the students, but the level of learning was much higher than in previous years.
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The feedback from the students on the course was very positive, better than I had received for the onsite course in previous years. One of my favorite written student comments was, "… I don't know how this course could be taught as effectively in the classroom."
06 Nov 07
Create Engaging E-Learning Courses You Can Be Proud Of - The Rapid eLearning Blog
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Examples of active and passive e-learning, with an argument that passive learning has a place if you're mostly providing a reference source. Also shows how passive learning can be more interesting than just bullet points.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-06
05 Aug 07
ScienceDaily: Monkeys Learn In The Same Way As Humans, Psychologists Report
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Study of monkeys showing that when they actively learned on their own, they retained knowledge better. Getting hints helped in the short term (like cramming for a test), but for knowledge retention, their performance was better if they were allowed to try and work out the solution on their own.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-08-05
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"Many people," Kornell noted, "have had the experience of listening to a computer instructor open a menu and go through a series of steps. Then you try to do it, and you don't even know which menu or what the first step is. If you are passively following along, you won't remember it as well as if you're forced to do it yourself. Active learning is much harder, but if you can do it successfully, you will remember it much better in the long run.
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