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At universities, is better learning a click away?

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Clickers — not unlike gadgets used on television game shows — first appeared in college classrooms over a decade ago and have since spread to just about every college and university in the country thanks to cheaper and better technology.

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#1 by Newman posted ago

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Harvard physics professor Eric Mazur, a pioneer of peer instruction, said he's sympathetic to both camps. Still, he predicts that clickers will be obsolete in 10 years because nearly everyone will own something like a laptop, tablet or smart phone, and he dismisses the argument that multitasking will be a problem.

The teacher just has to be more interesting than YouTube.-- Eric Mazur

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