‘Disappointing’ post-pandemic lectures fail to entice students

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For their own good, we should force students to physically attend lectures

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#1 Submitted by i.... on September 29, 2023 - 8:20am

If students want me to give lectures that are substantially different from those 4 years ago, then they need to convince the university to give me more than 2 hours per lecture to prepare.

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‘Disappointing’ post-pandemic lectures fail to entice students

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