In a traditional pedagogical model, a faculty member is a "sage on the stage," lecturing to students (who are frantically taking notes in an effort to capture all of the professor's pearls of wisdom).
At the British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show, Philips supported a main-stage lecture by Dr Ben Atkins – a champion of protection – who has been conducting an early trial of the new Sonicare ProtectiveClean brush amongst 70 of his patients.
From a live performance lottery to a burlesque duet, and a solo meditation on the politics of colonisation and war to a staged lecture on the nature of movement, the lineup includes such names as Raimund Hogue, Mathilde Monnier and La Ribot.
The Who Wants To Be a Millionaire host, who claimed to be all thumbs when it comes to matters technological, endured a staged lecture about the wonders of digital photography and wireless PC networking while injecting his own special levity into what was an otherwise typically dry product launch event.
More than just a small library, the chitalishte staged lectures, meetings, plays, concerts, debates, and social events.
British theatre has really stepped on to the front foot with plays about climate change – from epics such as Mike Bartlett's Earthquakes in London to personal dramas such as Tanya Ronder's Fuck the Polar Bear (currently at the Bush Theatre in London) to staged lectures such as 2071 at the Royal Court.
As much as organisers the world over try to cover their bases by staging lectures, talks and symposiums, screening video programs and putting on educational tours, the fair remains at heart a commercial enterprise that obeys the logic of the market.
Regarding complaints that MOOCs contain little more than video recorded sage-on-stage lectures followed by weak multiple-choice quizzes, this is another critique I hear on a regular basis -- especially when interviewing those who are creating a new generation of MOOC classes based on what they have learned from the experience of those came before them.
