Group G: Facilitator Paul Bason, Notes Lesly Huxley
We started with the question Paul Shabajee raised: is it rude and detrimental to learning to be discussing a tutor'\s presentation wirelessly with ones' peers live during the lecture or lesson?
In some ways we've always been in a state of 'partial concentration' - how many of us remember being students and doodling or reading surreptitiously during lectures?
Technology offers more ways for people to be elsewhere, but might also bring people back into the fold if used appropriately.
=key is how integrated it is to the session / lesson taking place?
=if this is happening in an unrelated way, in parallel tracks, you might end up with "subversive conversations in the bushes", but if facilitated/mediated, interactive participation can be very valuable.
=does this need a redefinition of what someone standing up in front of a class/conference is actually there for?
This was our longest discussion, and it ended with turning the question back on itself:
Is it rude for the lecturer/speaker to expect students/delegates to make notes on his/her lecture?!
Posted by ilrt101v at March 22, 2004 01:18 PM