by D. Frank Smith, Educational Technology
While some universities are wondering how to integrate online coursework into their classes, Adelaide University is actively phasing out lectures. The growth of online classes has been seen across nearly every higher education institution across the country. In a keynote session at EDUCAUSE in October 2014, Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen said online learning would fundamentally change the role of universities in the near future. Despite the changes on the horizon, the structure of most college courses has remained the same: stand-and-deliver instruction, also known as lectures, can be found at nearly every university in the country. But the University of Adelaide’s vice-chancellor Warren Bebbington told The Financial Review that “lecturers are obsolete.”
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