Virtual universities are not about to replace face-to-face teaching
✍ Scribed by Graham R. Parslow
- Publisher
- The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 26 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1470-8175
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
On the basis of evidence and experience [1], it now seems that conventional teaching is not about to be supplanted by the arrival of virtual universities. I like to teach face-to-face, and I value the body language of a class reacting to the subject matter, the pace, and the humor. Even though I have produced a large amount of multimedia teaching resources over 25 years, I have not tried to use these materials in any other than a support role. It now seems that the overwhelming majority of students want face-to-face contact in their studies and are not prepared to take virtual studies as a replacement. Students still want lectures, tutorials, and text books.