Dan Sugalski13h ago
Amber Griffiths
First time at a big lecture where they've handed out little bits of paper for people to write their questions instead of having to ask out loud. Love it! So much better. (Also as it is an arts uni of course the 'basic' paper they've used for this is amusingly good quality)
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Show threadadingbatponder  ðŸ‘¾13h ago
@amberfirefly This is so good. In my undergrad courses was a guy who would always ask questions at the end when everyone was desperately packing up their stuff and even I innerly rolled my eyes a few times. After four years of this I was genuinely shocked when he got just about the top grade for his graduation year: higher than me. My eyes were no longer rolling but    
Show threadAmber Griffiths11h ago
@adingbatponder it's working really well, they gathered about 20 questions from normally really shy undergrads then selected a handful to ask. Absolute joy not having overconfident loud people dominating!
Show threadSarah E Bourne10h ago
@amberfirefly Solves the "this is more of a comment than a question" problem, too.
Show threadAmber Griffiths8h ago
@sbourne yup! and even meant I asked a question, which I never ever do at in person talks, because I knew they could just reject it and not answer if they didn't want to :) Made me realise that I don't ask things partly because I don't want to put people on the spot in front of an audience. So it also gives the speaker a bit of paper to read, re-read if they don't understand it the first time, take their time, and make a choice over - which feels so humane.