Off the Rails Episode 77: Big or small, it's the same experience

Recorded December 1, 2023

Our news comes from the Chronicle of Higher Education who now recognizes that teaching via lecture and teaching via active learning are not mutually exclusive nor diametrically opposed. Shocker! It’s possible to effectively teach via lecture in an active learning classroom and engage students in active learning in a lecture hall. But we all knew that, didn’t we?

Speaking of multi-use spaces, how are we designing and deploying our multi-purpose classrooms and event spaces? It’s taken for granted that they’re all terrible, but just play along, will you? We talk about wall sensors, single large systems vs. overflow feeds, wall sensors, moveable lecterns, wall sensors, and no Zoom for you, and everything in between. Also, just who is resetting these rooms between classes?

Finally, it’s time yet again for the AVSF: Live! Holiday Spectacular. We hope you can join us on December 15th!

News story: https://www.chronicle.com/article/which-is-better-active-learning-or-lecture-its-not-so-simple

Archive link: https://archive.ph/MDU1l

Study: https://link.springer.https://archive.ph/MDU1lcom/article/10.1007/s10648-023-09826-1

Alternate show titles:

• In 20,000 and 4 or whenever

• Research wormhole

• My little soapbox

• AV merit badges

• I enjoy designing around the BS

• It fits all of their needs

• Cameras and microphones and other bullcrap

• You said a couple of secret words

• Do they know that they’re “they” in this scenario?

• Both can be true

• They are stupid and they are fun to design

• Do it twice