Gurushala

In defence of lecture: using technology Inside and outside the classroom

In recent years, the lecture format has been the subject of numerous criticisms and cast aside as
an old-style pedagogical method that has no place in the modern college classroom. One reason
that lecture has gained such a bad reputation among many in the educational community is the
idea of providing a “learning-centred” approach in the classroom. In 1995, Barr and Tagg
described a paradigm shift in higher education where institutions should exist to produce
learning rather than to provide instruction1
. Since this article, there have been many initiatives
that have embraced this learning-centred approach.