EDUCATION: Today’s universities are stuck in 19th Century methods of teaching while we are living in the 21st Century. A lot of professors are still talking heads and lecture, talking at the students using chalk (...)

Besides more financial resources, what do today's schools lack?

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Today’s universities are stuck in 19th Century methods of teaching while we are living in the 21st Century. A lot of professors are still talking heads and lecture, talking at the students using chalk and a blackboard (which was invented in 1863). Higher education needs to catch up technology and expectations of today’s students. We need to challenge traditional notions of teaching and use a variety of technologies and teaching strategies that will challenge students. One of my colleagues was alarmed that more students on campus are taking online classes rather than sit in his classroom. While some are doing it due to scheduling issues, many are doing it as they are bored listening to traditional lectures and talking heads. All types of teaching needs to constantly be assessed and brought into the 21st Century.