It is week 3 of EDLD 5318: Instructional Design and I find myself in unfamiliar surroundings. Where am I? How did I get here? Where am I going? Those are just a few of the questions I hope to answer in this post. Where am I? I am completely finished designing my online course. How did I get here? By quieting the noise and distractions in my life such as social media, I was able to focus a large amount of time on completing my assignment. Where am I going? I plan to use this next week tweaking the media in my course to include interactive video assessments. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a dweller. For those of you who do not know me, allow me to introduce myself...Hi, I'm Brandi and I'm a dweller. Now don't get me wrong. I do not hang out in shady underground places. I am not that kind of dweller. Simply put, I tend to overthink and discuss things at length. In week 2, a question was raised regarding the purpose and necessity of lecture in the digital age. More specifically, when are lectures appropriate and how can they best be used? Being the dweller that I am, the answers to these questions have been looking for places to fit in my mind for over a week now. Our week 2 discussion began by viewing the video, "Amazing Method of Teaching". Amazing method of teaching - very creative teacher (2:57) Published by: DZ English Added: 10.03.2012 YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cn4RTbNE0M In watching the first video for discussion, "Amazing Method of Teaching", my mind immediately went here. Jurassic Park cloning video. (2010, October 13). Retrieved February 03, 2017, from https://youtu.be/iMsJe3TymqY As soon as the video started, I had the feeling I had seen this method of teaching somewhere before. Of course it was the 1993 version of video lecture and my how times have changed. Although, each video was and is highly effective for its time. When we think about lectures in the digital age, I would be remiss if I did not relate my own experiences with lecture happy college professors. I teach a college readiness elective called AVID. Often, I find myself discussing with my students the importance of note taking. I emphasize this importance by telling a story from my college days of when I sat in a full auditorium style lecture hall and the History professor walked in, set his coffee cup down and began lecturing for the longest hour of my life. Within the first five minutes, the room cleared out to almost ghost town status. I tell this story to my students in hopes that they will understand the value in good note taking but I realized I am telling a somewhat extinct version of the college lecture. Because of where we are with lectures in the digital age, most of my students will not have the same college lecture experience as I did. That makes me a little sad because I believe every college kid needs a small dose of the "Bueller....Bueller....style of college professor to help with applying their organization and problem solving skills to make it through the entire course. Even with the advances in technology, lectures are still the main form of educational delivery. I thought it was interesting that Dr. Tony Bates claims in his book, Teaching in the Digital Age, that one reason for the persistence in lectures is that some professors consider themselves to be experts in delivering the oral tradition of teaching and learning. The book even went so far as to claim that it is very satisfying for these experts to have the ear of a captive audience. So what is the future for lectures in the digital age? Dr. Bates claims that lectures are likely to dominate for ten more years. I was having a discussion with a colleague the other day about technology apathetic teachers. The question we raised is how long do we have to wait for them to retire so the new crop of teachers who are "digital natives" can take over learning and infuse it with technology? Do you think this time frame of 10 years until a new crop of tech savvy teachers emerge is realistic? or Will lectures steeped in oratory tradition always find a way? Jurassic Park 3D Movie CLIP - Life Finds A Way (1993) - Steven Spielberg Movie HD. (2013, March 22). Retrieved February 03, 2017, from https://youtu.be/ZnczJcY1Xe8
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AuthorMadeline Brandi Collins is a Louisiana girl through and through. Raised by her beloved Maw Maw and namesake, she moved to Texas 13 years ago to pursue a career in education which proved to be one of the best decisions EVER!
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