lectures
New SFU survey finds lectures do “absolutely nothing”
June 13, 2023Burnaby, BC, June 12 — This just in: a new SFU survey revealed 99% of students find lectures pointless. The survey, which was sent last week from the email address “[email protected],” asked students to evaluate the benefit of lectures on a five-point Likert scale. A subsequent email was sent to Beedie students to explain that a Likert scale is NOT a test, and they DIDN’T need to get together to compare answers. They begrudgingly agreed on the condition their lawyers could inspect the survey prior to their participation. K? In just a mere day, all students, staff, and faculty —…
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“Homelands: Exile and Return” with Kamal Al-Solaylee and Amyn Sajoo
February 9, 2023Kamal Al-Solaylee shared his story, knowledge, and writing at the Homelands: Exile and Return event. Al-Solaylee is a director and professor in the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at UBC. The event was led as a Q&A, moderated by…
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Students shouldn’t have to use their webcams in lectures
September 20, 2020So, I’m neurodivergent. I won’t get into my whole medical history, but it means I do things differently — especially when I’m stressed. In case you haven’t noticed, this year has been stressful for literally everyone. What with the pandemic…
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SFU needs more creativity and interactive learning in the classroom
May 16, 2019Despite how far research has come in studying cognition and learning, the field of psychology still relies on an archaic, top-down mode of lesson delivery: hour(s)-long lectures by the instructor in which students are passive recipients at best. This is…
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What if . . . all lectures were recorded and uploaded online
January 26, 2019Imagine a lecture with less than 10 students inside. Students still sit in the back rows, forcing the lecturer to unnecessarily raise their voice. One student is eagerly sitting in the front, prepared to share anecdotes whenever the floor opens…
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When will it click for SFU that iClickers are pointless?
January 24, 2019Excuse me as I do my best Tina Fey-playing-Ms. Norbury voice . . . “Class, raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by the iClicker.” For those who haven’t, iClickers are grotsky little devices that some professors force…
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What If: Computers were installed into every lecture hall seat
October 25, 2018Most modern students live off the technology we live with, but if we got computers in every lecture hall, I know a ton of instructors would be rightfully annoyed. I’ve taken courses with professors who ban computers, phones, and tablets,…
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Lectures, and laptops, oh my! The changing face of student productivity
June 17, 2012It’s 3 p.m. on a Monday and I’m sitting in my afternoon writing lecture. The professor has been reviewing PowerPoint slides for the past half-hour and my attention has inevitably slipped away from the content of the class. In one…
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