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I strongly agree with your main point and a number of premises, but quite a bit of this seems to built on false delineations and it looks like trying to create
by masterzora 16y ago
I strongly agree with your main point and a number of premises, but quite a bit of this seems to built on false delineations and it looks like trying to create differences where there is not. I see no reason that the structure as you define it or the set agenda as you define it be necessary components in a course, for example. The method of reinforcing what you are learning is by far the most important bit, and the instructor may or may not be at the same level depending on the person. I can envision the existence of a legitimate course without an instructor, however, though I'm not really sure how it would really work.
But, as I said, I do agree that the instructor is a necessary component in the current state of things, which is one of the reasons the false points made me so sad.
- jeffreymcmanus 16y agoI mentioned in the post that video by itself has value. A big part of my point is that it's borderline deceptive to refer to videos as "a course" when we know that "a course" is more than that (just as a live course is more than just listening to somebody lecture).
- masterzora 16y agoOh, like I said, in the current state of things I can't think of anything instructor-less I'd refer to as "a course". My point is that I believe that to be the state now, not an inherent, always-will-be state as your post seems to imply.