Participants discussed how feedback on student thinking "gives the instructor real-time insight into how to proceed" with their teaching.
"The key message was a challenge to us to question all our strongly held assumptions, including getting our faculty to think differently about teaching," said Jared L. Cohon, the president of Carnegie Mellon University, which has developed online classes that provide instructors real-time information about each student's progress.
"I couldn't believe it," said Ms. Lippin, a master instructor at Real Pilates, a studio in TriBeCa.
When the market is hot, added Mr. Israel, a continuing education instructor for real estate lawyers, "the last thing sellers want to do is tie themselves up with a buyer for some extended period of time just to have the buyer cancel the contract".
A key element of Yale College's online courses for credit has been that all students, wherever they are in the world, "come to class" at the same hour and see and engage with one another and the instructor in real time.
This can be accomplished by two instructors in real time, or a short video clip can be used that is provided on the website.
Through cutting-edge research, world-class instructors, and real world simulations, participants will expand their leadership potential and establish a framework for understanding dynamic organizations.
A simulated flight instructor offers real-time advice based on the player's performance.
Moreover, when they did view the video lectures at home, some students expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that they could not ask questions of the instructor in real-time.
The new curriculum shifts training out of the traditional classroom and into what the instructors call real-life scenarios.
Students use a laptop, cell phone, or other device to answer questions of varying types, and instructors obtain real-time feedback on learning.
