Brad Little said:
fronobulax said:For those who don't follow links it is an article discussing the impact of online teaching on face to face teaching and uses guitar lessons for many of the illustrations.
Two points I thought were interesting. First, students of a certain generation seem to do better in an online course/class if they can use their standard social networking tools to interact with fellow students. Second, it seems likely that face to face teachers will start taking on the role of coach and motivator and not just that of a dispenser of knowledge.
Personally I have looked at online lessons and resources to answer a specific question ("How do I...") but I would go with a face to face teacher if I were going to pay for lessons. There is nothing quite like paying for a lesson, showing up unprepared and suffering a mildly disdainful look for the duration of the lesson. Motivates me to practice, anyway
I sell paper, and that whole issue of paperless communication is a BIG topic of investigation for paper manufacturers. What's interesting is that it's been shown that information received from a screen is processed, stored, and recalled differently than information received from a printed page. Also, with a live person you can ask questions immediately as they occur instead of having to type them out and wait for response, which creates a kind of psychic disconnect between question and answer, and also influences how that info is stored and recalled.CA-35 said:When I saw that it made me realize all my favorite teachers already understood that part of their role. The ones whose classes you fell asleep in, didn't. :lol:fronobulax said:For those who don't follow links it is an article discussing the impact of online teaching on face to face teaching and uses guitar lessons for many of the illustrations.Two points I thought were interesting. First, students of a certain generation seem to do better in an online course/class if they can use their standard social networking tools to interact with fellow students. Second, it seems likely that face to face teachers will start taking on the role of coach and motivator and not just that of a dispenser of knowledge.
fronobulax said:Personally I have looked at online lessons and resources to answer a specific question ("How do I...") but I would go with a face to face teacher if I were going to pay for lessons. There is nothing quite like paying for a lesson, showing up unprepared and suffering a mildly disdainful look for the duration of the lesson. Motivates me to practice, anyway
As to your first point you are spot on, again. We are old farts Frono, and the "new" generation is growing up with the electronic world of tablets and i-phones. I still prefer my At A Glance monthly Day-Timer that I can scribble in. Yes, I have a smart phone but that doesn't mean I'm a smart guy.