Peter Norvig created the world's largest online class with over 160,000 students from 209 countries. The class aimed to improve on traditional lectures by keeping videos short under 6 minutes with frequent quizzes to make students feel like they were receiving one-on-one tutoring. Setting weekly deadlines for material helped motivate students to continue watching videos and completing homework. Over 20,000 students finished all the assignments, showing that peer learning and motivation are also important factors alongside information transmission for student success. The data collected from this massive online class provides valuable insights into how education can be improved through technology.

1. The 100,000-
student
classroom
By Peter Norvig
On Feb 2012
http://www.ted.com/talks/pe
ter_norvig_the_100_000_stude
nt_classroom.html

2. An attempt
class in 14th century≒class now
in the aspect of technique
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Sebastian Thrun, and the author thought there
must be a better way.
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An online class
in the world
for free

3. Announcement
Announcement
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160,000 students from 209 countries

4. outline
Show students videos
Shorter is better
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Length:2minutes and sometimes shorter
Never more 6 minutes

5. outline
One-on-on tutoring is the best
by Benjamin Bloom
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Pause for a quiz question
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Make it feel like one-on-one tutoring
Open ended question←not one answer

6. outline
Can watch the videos any time
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“I’ll watch tomorrow…”
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Never watch
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Set deadline
“you can watch this video during this week.”
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This motivated the students keeping going
↓finally…
Over 20,000 students finished all the homework

7. Result
Important thing in class:
not only information
but also motivation and determination
Most interesting:
Data of this attempt
Students will change.

8. quotation
“Peers can be the best teachers, because
they're the ones that remember what it's like
to not understand.”