“ The problem of teaching, therefore, is getting not the facts but the context from my brain to yours. ”
Life has always been an open-book exam
~ José Antonio Bowen
If teaching is largely about faculty-student interaction, then we have to recognize that human interaction is changing.
The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones... Our students...find requests not to text during these activities strange, annoying, and downright silly.
Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time.