[edtech] Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Thu., Nov 18, 2:00 p.m.

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((( Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Thu., Nov 18, 2:00 p.m. )))

                           November 10, 2004


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    The Promise and Reality of Web-based Tutoring
    Professor David E. Pritchard, MIT physics department
    
    Thursday, November 18, 2004
    2:00 p.m.
    4-231
    
    Abstract
    Textbooks, Lectures, and most educational uses of the web are
    like broadcast radio: a message is prepared and broadcast, one
    can find out how many people are listening, but knowing that
    the message has been received remains elusive.  In my view the
    great promise of the web is two way learning: individual
    responses for the student, formative and summative assessment
    for the teacher, and data and guidance to help the author
    improve the material and the pedagogy.  Web-based intelligent
    tutors offer interactive tutoring for individual students, such
    as pedagogically useful responses to their wrong answers and
    hints and simpler subproblems upon student request.  ...

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