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I like the idea of building small groups on platforms like WeChat, especially the online school. Sounds like a good way to leverage one instructor helping 100 s
by mark_l_watson 7y ago
I like the idea of building small groups on platforms like WeChat, especially the online school. Sounds like a good way to leverage one instructor helping 100 students.
The big problem however is getting locked in on one proprietary platform. I guess what we can realistically hope for is for there to be three or four big players and competition will keep them from being exploitive monopolies.
I still think that we are going to end up with a world out of William Gibson’s cyber punk sci-fi novels: a few mega corporations with small groups, arcologies, and individual hustlers living on platforms they don’t control. A mixture of mega corps with small scale entrepreneurs.
- kajmagnusmobile 7y agoWhat about not only the teacher helping the students, but the students also helping each other? And each question can get it's own topic -- there's a chat but it need not be used for everything? And, an open source platform? A university can choose to install on their own server. Then have a look at Talkyard: https://www.talkyard.io/use-cases https://www.talkyard.io/use-cases (I'm developing it)