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It's hard not to be pedantic here. CDs still have their place, and a lot of streaming is terrible; either there are advertisements, or DRM, or fidelity costs, o
by everdrive 6y ago
It's hard not to be pedantic here. CDs still have their place, and a lot of streaming is terrible; either there are advertisements, or DRM, or fidelity costs, or limited libraries due to licensing problems. etc.
I think the metaphor still goes the same way: the old fashioned way may not be perfect, but there is some real value there that is not necessarily replaced by steaming online courses.
- zucker42 6y agoAll the problems with streaming you mentioned are completely artificial. They are not actual technological problems with streaming.
- everdrive 6y agoThey're not artificial, they're inherent to the business model. So I agree that the limitations I mentioned don't have anything to do with streaming technology, they crop up time and time again because of some of the limitations apparently required by a streaming business model. And so in that sense I think it remains a useful metaphor. What sort of business models will be profitable when it comes to streaming courses online? Will they always put the student and learning first, or will the viable business model for these impose limitations, or push things in the wrong direction.