Comments on: The Ineffectiveness of Science Videos https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/the-ineffectiveness-of-science-videos/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/the-ineffectiveness-of-science-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-153355 Isegoria Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:43:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24129#comment-153355 Excellent point, Sconzey. The ancient rhetorical tool of presenting a dialog did exactly what a good science video should do — think out loud.

]]> By: Sconzey https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/the-ineffectiveness-of-science-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-153179 Sconzey Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:13:08 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24129#comment-153179 Interestingly Galileo presented his theories through a dialogue between three characters, one of which presented the Aristotelian (and incorrect) case, and was gently corrected by the other two.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/the-ineffectiveness-of-science-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-144794 Isegoria Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:13:17 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24129#comment-144794 I suppose those problems are further amplified when teaching business by the fact that business undergrads aren’t exactly sharp, as a rule, and MBA students aren’t exactly humble.

]]> By: Jose Silva https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/the-ineffectiveness-of-science-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-144039 Jose Silva Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:41:31 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24129#comment-144039 When teaching business these five problems are amplified — probably because of the widespread (and wrong) perception that technical business material is commonsensical or trivial. And, if the instructor follows the path of lower resistance (which many do and get rewarded for), these problems get even worse.

I propose some actions to counter these problems.

]]> By: Aretae https://www.isegoria.net/2011/03/the-ineffectiveness-of-science-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-142844 Aretae Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:06:14 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24129#comment-142844 I call it the Discovery Channel effect:

  1. Watch Discovery Channel science program…
  2. Wait 10 minutes…
  3. Explain what you learned.
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