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What are you talking about? Pushing more computer usage in education has been done for a long time. PLATO was an online system for education and it came into us
by omouse 17y ago
What are you talking about? Pushing more computer usage in education has been done for a long time. PLATO was an online system for education and it came into usage in the early 1970s. We've had a long time to learn from the mistakes of the past and to adapt all the good bits into current implementations.
Working with shit that makes your life difficult is a damned good argument against online learning. A lot of people already hate dealing with systems like Blackboard. Would you like to torture them further and force them to use it on a daily basis?
- philwelch 17y agoYour argument boils down to "hand cannon are slower to use and less safe than longbows". My argument boils down to "you can invent the flintlock musket, and if that's not enough to sway you, just wait a little longer and we'll have caplocks and repeating rifles."
- krschultz 17y agoThere is no invention that will replace great teachers. There is no invention that will replace working with a team of peers at your level on a difficult problem, and finally figuring out the solution and everyone LEARNS from the moment. There is no invention that will replace learning how to jump into many group projects over 4 years and get used to the social dynamics of that situation. The only thing technology can do is get the lecture part of the class conveyed to you at home. But my value from college is 10% from the lectures, 30% from the book on my own at home, and 60% from all the intangibles. I've learned a hell of a lot more at 2am in the study lounge with my friends trying to crack a problem than at 10am sitting in class listening to the lecture.
- philwelch 17y agoYou name a lot of elements which are not necessarily bound to the university experience. Technology can enable these elements to come together in a better way.