Riddle Me This

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Two classrooms are in the same building. For nearly 80 minutes, the first class stays quiet and orderly as the instructor speaks from the podium. The second class is chaotic. The instructor runs up and down the aisle. She “peppers students with questions”, she “presses them to explain and expand on their answers”, and she asks them to “solve questions in small groups.” Riddle One: Which classroom yields learning results that translate into employable skills? Answer: Classroom #2. Riddle Two: Why don’t more college professors teach like the instructor in classroom #2? Answer: Professors are rarely taught how to teach. In a recent NYT article, Richard Perez-Pena, explores the unraveling of an assumption that has defined higher education for decades: if you are a subject matter expert, then you’ll be a good teacher of that subject.

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Drew Stinger

Drew Stinger

Drew has been immersed in the learning technology space for over six years and has loved every minute of it. From working in global ad agencies (McCann Erickson), and professional sports organizations (go Jazz!), and now in learning technology, Drew has gained valuable insights in the world of managing teams, clients, and peers. Drew loves enabling individuals and teams to have more open, effective conversations centered around connection, alignment and growth and has seen the impact it can have on employee satisfaction and productivity. Skiing, biking, netflix-ing (that’s a word right?), and being a remote working dad, are just a few of his passions!

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