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Stopping a course because the instructor behaved in inappropriate ways outside the classroom (which is a fuzzy notion with EdX courses) is one thing, which woul
by sqrt17 12y ago
Stopping a course because the instructor behaved in inappropriate ways outside the classroom (which is a fuzzy notion with EdX courses) is one thing, which would be an undrstandable step for MIT to defend their reputation.
Taking down existing video content, which is only incidentally connected to the problematic behaviour (Lewin seems to have his role as the course instructor rather than the videos as an excuse to make contact with course participants), to me would be more akin to burning the books written by an unliked person than to any act legitimately defending MITs or the course participants' interests.
- simonh 12y agoThat's hyperbolic. It's more like removing a book from a library than burning it. Every time I delete a file, am I a book burner? I think taking down a video is directly analogous to stopping providing a course. Hosting those videos could reasonably be construed as endorsement of that person as an educator, something MIT clearly doesn't want to do. In the end it's their site and their reputation on the line.
- Nullabillity 12y ago> Every time I delete a file, am I a book burner? If you are the official source and don't provide a mirror, arguably.