Long Live the Lecture?

With all the buzz about "active learning," has the lecture gone the way of the rotary dial telephone? 

The Atlantic explores this issue in "Should Colleges Really Eliminate the College Lecture?" 

Apparently, The Atlantic has a history of defending the lecture. Here's 2013's "Don't Give Up On The Lecture."

"Teachers who stand in front of their classes and deliver instruction are not "out-of-touch experts"—they're role models."