an online book by David Gurteen
Academia is the scientific and cultural research and higher education community, taken as a whole. The term primarily refers to:
Credit: Wikipedia - academiaChicken chicken chicken | Doug Zongker It so often takes humor to expose the ridiculous as in this wonderful short lecture from Doug Zongker. It is worth watching to the end for the Q&A. Why are so many lectures at conferences death by powerpoint? Or should I ask chicken chicken chicken? Chicken chicken chick chick chicken? Continue reading Chicken, Chicken, Chicken Doug Zongker, February 2007
The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of a Knowledge Café as an academic research technique. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of a Knowledge Café as an academic research technique. Knowledge Cafés are a tool for sharing knowledge among those individuals who participate in the conversations Continue reading The Knowledge Café as a Research Technique Shawren Singh (2017)
Traditional lectures often fail to engage students in real understanding. People need more than just information—they need to make sense of it through discussion. Peer Instruction helps by encouraging learners to explain ideas to each other, leading to deeper learning and better retention. Continue reading The Power of Peer Instruction Why explaining ideas to others leads to deeper learning
Data from various settings suggest that there is an upper limit of about four on the number of individuals who can interact in spontaneous conversation. Abstract Data from various settings suggest that there is an upper limit of about four on the number of individuals who can interact in spontaneous conversation. This limit appears to Continue reading Size and Structure of Freely Forming Conversational Groups Robin Dunbar, N. D. C. Duncan and D. Nettle (1995)
Conversational Conferences Knowledge Cafés ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close In most talks or seminars, the audience is not allowed to discuss the presentation. This doesn’t have to be the case. Allotting a few minutes during Continue reading Conversational Talks How to give a conversational talk or presentation
Dialogic Organization Development The Power of Team Huddles Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Flipped teaching reverses, or “flips”, traditional in-class lectures and homework. Students watch the teacher’s prerecorded lecture at home, and in-class time is used Continue reading Flipped Teaching Speech is a bad medium for communicating information – so watch lectures at home
Schools rightly prioritise numeracy and literacy as the core foundations of learning. Yet listening and speaking, the capacities that shape how we think together, receive far less attention and are rarely examined. Oracy deserves equal standing alongside reasoning, understanding, and meaningful human connection. Continue reading Oracy The ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language
