Response: Lecture recordings mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?
No. But being oblivious to the technological changes means that traditional lectures have become redundant and unnecessary Last evening, I came across this article written by educators from the University of Western Australia. The headline goes “Lecture recordings mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?”. Their...
Breathing in Sydney
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was first of its kind. American astronauts from the Apollo spacecraft were to transfer to the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and meet the cosmonauts. However, the Apollo command module had an environment of pure oxygen at 1/3rd atmospheric pressure and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft used 80%...
Coaching Classes
Are coaching classes worth the exorbitant fees? Sitting in a cramped-up classroom, I stared at the tutor- a 20-something IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) graduate. After spending about 4 years earning a bachelor’s degree at India’s most renowned engineering institution, he had decided that teaching was his passion and...