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Right now, we have a bias against online learning since we think of it as a low-class experience or for people who didn't go to "real" colleges. But I think thi
by alex_c 17y ago
Right now, we have a bias against online learning since we think of it as a low-class experience or for people who didn't go to "real" colleges. But I think this is a lot like online dating.
Umm... I want to point out that the actual dating still happens in person.
I'm not sure this is the best analogy. You could just as easily compare online dating to choosing your university or your courses online, which already happens. Or you could compare online learning with cyber relationships, which AFAIK is still far from the social norm.
- jeremymims 17y agoThat's because so much of the dating process actually requires you to be in the same place. But really I wasn't making the point that taking online classes and dating were the same. I was making the point that people's perceptions and acceptance of a new technology encroaching on an old institution took some time to overcome.
- billswift 17y agoAnd any actual learning would still happen in your head, just as it does now (if it happens at all that is, now or future).