In this episode I examine the lecture from two perspectives. Firstly as the main model that people hold for higher education and how that limits our imagination when it comes to online learning. Secondly, the haunted house novel is used to explore the reasons for continuing with the lecture when students have stopped attending.

Links:
Why do education secretaries hate online learning?
How to responsibly reopen colleges in the fall
Is it live or is it internet? Experimental estimates of the effects of online instruction on student learning
Rethinking university teaching: A conversational framework for the effective use of learning technologies.
Twitter thread on empty lectures
The Haunted Lecture Hall

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