Now presenting ...I've just read through the Special Feature: Presentation Systems ["Innovation Across the Campus," August], and while it makes important points about technology, it misses the most important point about integrating technology into a university setting and the effects of disruptive technologies A new technology that has a serious impact on the status quo and changes the way people have been dealing with something, perhaps for decades. Music CDs all but wiped out the phonograph industry within a few years, and digital cameras are destined to eliminate the film industry. on teaching and the university culture. Using high-end technology to present a Lecture doesn't mean the quality of instruction will change; in fact, nothing really changes. It just reinforces the same old paradigm of the drone on Verb 1. drone on - talk in a monotonous voice drone mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" the throne throne, chair of state or the seat of a high dignitary. The throne was at first a stool or bench and later became an ornate armchair, usually raised on a dais and surmounted by a canopy. . Thanks. HOWARD DAVIS
Howard Davis , Director, Digital Media Development Lab Center for Teaching and Learning University of Vermont Burlington, VT |
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