In our MBA curriculum reform we tried to convince part of the faculty to go this route, and they were completely opposed, with no interest in listening or experimenting. How about a randomized experiment for what works to get faculty to adopt new teaching technologies for their schools?

Without diminishing learning outcomes, automated teaching software can reduce the amount of time professors spend with students and could substantially reduce the cost of instruction, according to new research.In experiments at six public universities, students assigned randomly to statistics courses that relied heavily on “machine-guided learning” software — with reduced face time with instructors — did just as well, in less time, as their counterparts in traditional, instructor-centric versions of the courses. This largely held true regardless of the race, gender, age, enrollment status and family background of the students.

via Report: Robots stack up to human professors in teaching Intro Stats | Inside Higher Ed.

HT: Marginal Revolution