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Everyone is both a learner and teacher

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This TED is shock full of excellent thoughts on making the online classroom an exceptional learning experience. It’s the exact response I hoped was out there, after a  recent experience I had that inspired this post on online learning.

In six minutes Peter Norvig shares many great ideas. Here’s what stood out for me:

  • Everyone is both a learner and a teacher
  • Build learning on Bloom’s one-to-one tutoring model
  • Keep videos to 1-6 minutes – max
  • Peers instructing peers are better than teachers instructing students because they’re the ones who remember what it’s like to not understand
  • Motivation and determination is more important than information
  • Students need to see that teachers are working hard for students