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Re: Teaching IDL Courses [message #77343 is a reply to message #77289]

Mon, 22 August 2011 10:02

Michael Galloy
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On 8/21/11 1:49 PM, Craig Markwardt wrote:
> I think seeing something develop slowly - organically - on a black/
> white board can help a listener learn and remember something. The
> content is revealed at human speed. As opposed to projected slides -
> where "everything" is already there on the screen and the audience
> just views it passively.

I agree. I never used slides for lectures, only hand written on a board
or typed in at a computer real-time. This makes for occasional gaffes,
but that's part of the process as well. Of course, convincing the
students of this is another matter.

Mike
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