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title: "New research on Lectures from Grant Wiggins (UbD)"
date: 2014-02-06
url: https://learningischange.com/2014/02/06/new-research-on-lectures-from-grant-wiggins-ubd/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Blog"]
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# New research on Lectures from Grant Wiggins (UbD)

I’m intrigued by the idea of where lecture fits (if anywhere) in a blended classroom. Looking at this research makes me want to dig in. Is flipping another form of lecture?

**[Original Post](https://plus.google.com/105172824293093013179/posts/7DnkRs5y2yU) from [Doug Holton](https://plus.google.com/105172824293093013179):**

Grant Wiggins’ (backward design, understanding by design) thoughts on the use of lectures

[![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/3A6xrWvKMpd5PVjAVpf6qZxFNmwCxKQ7CzmilOf6IACpwKlHago2pZD8cOQOwwKj9XNNPmbxEen4Jjx9cf80uK1SYj_7wX8v2li3h2pvVEtRmNGu7fJmTGZ9ObsU=w120-h120)](http://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/the-lecture/)

I recently wrote that Understanding by Design is agnostic about any specific method or pedagogy. The bottom-line question has to do with validity: given the goals, what follows? Thus, it makes litt…