[I mistakenly posted this in another thread, sorry]
Ed mentioned a fascinating Georgia Tech experiment: A $6,000 master's
degree in computer science! I believe the program to which he referred to
is:
http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/
This is amazing if it works. I know, I know, it sucks from any
I’m so ambivalent about this and MOO in general. From the standpoint of
learning, it offers many advantages, including training many more people who
don’t have the resources to attend a college or university (notice I said
training, not educating). From a social standpoint, there are so many
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Gary Schiltz
g...@naturesvisualarts.comwrote:
I’m so ambivalent about this and MOO in general. From the standpoint of
learning, it offers many advantages, including training many more people
who don’t have the resources to attend a college or university
We mustn’t dismiss the good because we insist on the excellent.
My (almost, in those days) free education at the University of California was a
far cry from what I later learned Harvard students get. But it was awfully
good, and I’m glad I got it. (Of course, Harvard wouldn’t even have let me
As a member of an e-learning team developing curriculum at the U. of
Ottawa, I want to say thank you, Pamela,
you are right. Also, considering growing inequality even here in the U.S.,
distance learning can help to level the playing field, and there are very
few additional initiatives these days
To a great extent MOOCs have been disappointing. Only a small number of
people who initially show interest actually complete most courses. And a
majority of those already have degrees. There are a few stories of people
who have done well and had no other access to education, but for the most
part
Gary -
I’m so ambivalent about this and MOO in general. From the standpoint of
learning, it offers many advantages, including training many more people who
don’t have the resources to attend a college or university (notice I said
training, not educating). From a social standpoint, there are
