[ExI] flipped classroom model

[spike at rainier66.com]

I am pondering the impact of that year of covid shutdown on schools.  Our
local high school has some of the teachers using a flipped classroom model,
where the students listed to the lectures at home on their own time
(particularly in those areas which never change, physics, chemistry, math,
etc) then in the classroom they work on homework or get help from the
teacher.

 

That makes a lot more sense than having these veteran teachers give the same
lecture year after year after year, then afterwards some of the students do
all the homework, some do nothing, some do some.

 

Looks to me like engineering and science oriented colleges now have that
same option in any major which does not require group classroom discussion.
Many or perhaps most of the students would not need to reside on campus or
even come there more than once or twice a week, if that.  But how would they
get the requisite sexual gratification?  And where would they go to drink
beer and raise hell?  What happens with their semi-professional sports
teams?  

 

What about the traditional four-year higher education model when many
students become empowered to finish sooner?  That could change everything.
This technology could tragically reduce costs and save time.   The damage to
traditional university education models could be the most lasting scar left
by covid.

 

spike

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