i feel like most ppl in theory agree that the lecture is a dead pedagogical tool and yet every conference i go to still plays the ‘important person on stage’ vs. ‘listeners in seats’ game i’m curious who’s experimenting with new interior design for new types of conversation
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Replying to @aaronzlewis
I’ve been hearing the tired slurs against “sage on a stage” model for 20+ years. Only leftist education ideologues with more abstract ideas than communications experience take them seriously. Person on stage is just a method like any other. Good for some things, not for others.
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Replying to @vgr @aaronzlewis
I like the FooCamp / BarCamp unconference model the most personally. Anything with less interaction shouldn't be focused on speakers, but booth oriented (CES, etc.) or a series of lightning talks.
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My theory is that it's usually about sponsors buying stage time as an advertisement and conference producers needing that money to make the model work.
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Replying to @NickPinkston @aaronzlewis
Aaron’s original comment referenced the “dead pedagogical tool” view... that’s a big tent including everything from K-12 and units to church sermons. Business/industry conferences are a narrow slice. Pay-to-play quasi-sponsor talks etc are an even narrower one...
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Replying to @vgr @aaronzlewis
I'm pretty close to Aaron's view though. I think the big talk as knowledge transfer is pretty dead. Teachers, etc. survive because of interaction, which is why the "flipped classroom model" is being tried.
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I’ll take that long bet
Person on stage is lindy
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