The #SmarterLectureProject

AKA what can you do during a lecture except, of course, lecturing?

The #SmarterLectureProject is calculated optimism.

“We want to change education” sounds crazy. Change education? Change it where? What aspect of it? Against what metrics?

Once we shaved off unnecessary bulk from that statement, we were clear — “We want to change the lecture”. This is doable. Dare we say it, but we’ve seen it done. We’re doing it ourselves.

So we launched a product — Acadly — to change the lecture, and now we’re doing the other bit. We’re going to try and make teaching fun.

What you get here is, quite simply, a weekly teaching tip and a place to talk and share. Several of these techniques will involve the use of some cutting edge tech. Some of them will have no tech at all. There’ll be an infographic of the technique. There’ll be a brief overview of the research evidence that validates and/or opposes the technique’s pedagogical benefit. There’ll be a case study if we can source a credible first-hand account.

We’re going to post ONE infographic, ONE teaching technique EVERY WEEK. Strap in. This is going to be fun.