Sublime

In the most rigorous evaluation yet conducted of an online course, William Bowen and his colleagues found that students in dozens of courses who were taught statistics in the blended, Carnegie Mellon manner learned as much as those taught in the conventional lecture course format.

Ces fab schools du futur devraient se construire comme des écoles pilotes où l’on expérimenterait de nouvelles pratiques éducatives, avec liberté absolue du professeur, le tout accompagné d’un wiki où les enseignants partageraient entre eux leurs méthodes, jusqu’à ce que les plus efficaces émergent. C’est cela, l’« éducation basée sur les preuves »

would actively recall key information. I tested myself after each new section by working on test problems. When I didn’t understand something from the book at first, I would look for videos on the internet—being careful not to get distracted. If that didn’t work, I would ask one of my students.