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Stephen Downes

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I'm just using this link to go on about how much I hate Think-Pair-Share (TPS) activities. They're bad enough as a classroom activity, and even worse when foisted on an unsuspecting audience at a conference session. It's not that I have nothing to say on a subject, nor that I can't have conversations, it's the imposition of a specific sort of conversation or interaction that bothers me. Conservations are personal, private, and sometimes should never happen at all, and shouldn't be used just to further some pedagogical purpose. At least, that's my take on them, as a learner.

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