TV Ontario Hosts the "Canadian Idol" of lecturing!

Created by Susan Lister (NewMedia Educational Services) on November 1, 2005

It’s being billed as, “Reality TV with a high IQ”. TVOntario, the public television station in Ontario, , has embarked on the tough task of discovering Ontario ’s best lecturer. Every week for 5 weeks, two lectures battle it out from behind the podium and then viewers are asked to rate the performance. On November 12th the numbers will tallied and the winner announced.

So what makes a good lecture? What does it look like? This TVO project will give the Triple A Lecture Intervention Team (http://www.newmediaworkshops.com/tripleAlecture/ ) a rare chance to view highly skilled professionals who have welcomed the camera into their classroom and opened themselves for scrutiny. I’m hoping we will be able to access the lecturers and their lectures beyond the show’s short life span.

To learn more about the TVO project check out:

http://www.tvo.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Microsite.woa/7/wo/EubQvmmtpBRbE7E8o4l1e0/0.0.0.71.45.18.26.3

(while the voting is on, a webcast of the lecture is available - but unfortunately, the video portion quits halfway through leaving only the audio for the rest of the lecture)

Use this link if the one above doesn’t work: http://tinyurl.com/8czfs

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		TV Ontario Hosts the "Canadian Idol" of lecturing! Created by Susan Lister (NewMedia Educational Services) on November 1, 2005 It’s being billed as, “Reality TV with a high IQ”. TVOntario, the public television station in Ontario, , has embarked on the tough task of discovering Ontario ’s best lecturer. Every week for 5 weeks, two lectures battle it out from behind the podium and then viewers are asked to rate the performance. On November 12th the numbers will tallied and the winner announced. So what makes a good lecture? What does it look like? This TVO project will give the Triple A Lecture Intervention Team (http://www.newmediaworkshops.com/tripleAlecture/ ) a rare chance to view highly skilled professionals who have welcomed the camera into their classroom and opened themselves for scrutiny. I’m hoping we will be able to access the lecturers and their lectures beyond the show’s short life span. To learn more about the TVO project check out: http://www.tvo.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Microsite.woa/7/wo/EubQvmmtpBRbE7E8o4l1e0/0.0.0.71.45.18.26.3 (while the voting is on, a webcast of the lecture is available - but unfortunately, the video portion quits halfway through leaving only the audio for the rest of the lecture) Use this link if the one above doesn’t work: http://tinyurl.com/8czfs Competition \| lecture \| Teaching Strategies \| TVO Susan's blog Login or register to post comments 3878 reads
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