tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201870358212454145.post8341425235714678995..comments2023-10-14T05:41:54.840-07:00Comments on Physicist at Large: The Post-Literate SocietyAlex Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01570010094558735159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201870358212454145.post-9676622528600886442016-10-09T16:20:03.097-07:002016-10-09T16:20:03.097-07:00The educators haven't given up on literacy for...The educators haven't given up on literacy for all kids. Their own kids go to fairly traditional schools. They believe that compassion for the lower classes means giving up on literacy for, you know, _those people _.Alex Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570010094558735159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201870358212454145.post-4497092803136632462016-10-09T15:35:44.809-07:002016-10-09T15:35:44.809-07:00Engineering. Now to be clear, I don’t think videos...Engineering. Now to be clear, I don’t think videos and flipped instructional models are bad things and they have their uses. But at some point, one has to learn how to synthesize information from a variety of primary sources, and these sources are probably not going to be slick, 10-min youtube videos. There needs to be a balance, and the question in my mind is what that balance should be.<br /><br />Or perhaps video really will kill the textbook. Just as it killed the radio star...<br /><br />https://youtu.be/Iwuy4hHO3YQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201870358212454145.post-12098118652541747222016-10-09T13:55:56.926-07:002016-10-09T13:55:56.926-07:00Can I ask what field they were in?Can I ask what field they were in?Alex Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570010094558735159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201870358212454145.post-20333767404531845542016-10-09T13:44:36.640-07:002016-10-09T13:44:36.640-07:00I sometimes wonder if literacy is a lost cause. I ...I sometimes wonder if literacy is a lost cause. I once attended a course redesign workshop where a department (incidentally, at your institution) presented their progress on an ambitious effort to flip their entire undergraduate curriculum, and in doing so, essentially eliminate the textbook. I was a relatively new and naive assistant professor at the time, and I foolishly raised the question of how students would ever develop the skills to read dense, difficult text if all the course content moved to video. My point didn’t go over so well. If the educators have given up on literacy, how can we expect it from the students?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com