Randy Pausch Last Lecture
This is a superb video.
At the time of writing, over 6 million people have viewed it. Randy Pausch was a lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University and he sadly passed away from cancer in July 2008.
There is some excellent stuff in this video:
- Education should be less about book learning and more about doing.
- His ETC (Entertainment Technology Center) has expanded to Australia and Singapore.
- His attitude to his plight (knowing that he will be dead within months) is positive and inspiring.
- Peer assessment is very powerful as a motivator and as feedback.
- A main aim of his: “Millions of kids having fun learning something hard.”
- Creativity and fun are key elements of effective education.
- Education is largely about selling
- Be willing to learn from your students – they are not blank slates, after all.
- Be a Tigger, not an Ee-yore.
- Dreams can be achieved.
What a cool lecturer.
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16 Aug 2008 at 4:55 pm Link to this comment
Excellent lecture. There were some brief silent lapses though, quite unfortunately. Should no lapses have occurred, this lecture would be more enriching.
19 Aug 2008 at 12:02 am Link to this comment
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