Teaching tips? from a professor who has the students do all the work

In a humorous article, a English teacher views the teaching style of a colleague who seems to have the time factor beat. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/04/13/galef

The article is making fun of the professor who puts most of the responsibility for the class on the students, but the responses to this post are interesting. Many respondents say that the teaching techniques are valid if not overused.