A poor (facetious) example: I should be able to do whatever I please as long as it doesn't cause an unreasonable problem for other students. Laptops clearly don't count here - people are perfectly capable of concentrating in library computer rooms.
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Replying to @Vorvayne @AdmiralHip and
If you put up a screen with arresting images it makes it hard for other students to focus and if you are not paying attention you are going to slow down lecture by asking questions to fill in what you missed or consume office hours having prof repeat what's already been explained
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Replying to @postdiscipline @Vorvayne and
There have been studies that show students don’t learn as well in lectures than they do in smaller tutorial or seminar environments.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @postdiscipline and
So you are already going to have students who missed what was said or didn’t understand. Or people like me who zone out in a lecture.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @Vorvayne and
That's why need to repeat ourselves, pause and take questions. But things become impossible if students can't resist incoming facebook, texts, etc.
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Replying to @postdiscipline @Vorvayne and
Except not everyone feels comfortable asking questions, and taking questions can slow down a lecture. It’s your job to hold office hours.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @postdiscipline and
And people who are uncomfortable with asking questions in lectures rely on office hours. So if your issue is that you want to stop...
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @postdiscipline and
...students from coming and asking you for help because they might have been distracted, reconsider your career.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @Vorvayne and
I hold extra hours and love them. Always have. I also have students out the door. I need for students to make a good faith effort to engage the material and I'll go the extra mile to explain what they don't understand.
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Replying to @postdiscipline @Vorvayne and
So how do you know if they make a good faith effort or not? How is that the fault of laptops and phones?
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I can guarantee that students who are using their laptops and phones in a lecture for social media, etc. is because they are bored
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @postdiscipline and
Or they can’t pay attention. Banning them isn’t gonna help them pay attention. It just isn’t.
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