Regard motivation and opportunity, I keep hearing anecdotes, like dropping a shipment of tablets, with no explanation, no instructions, manuals in English, in an African village where no one speaks English...and five months later they are teaching themselves English and have hacked the tablets in some way. And an apparently accurate report of a large (paid) MOOC in South Korea that provides tutoring for kids already in school, whose top teachers make upwards of $1 million US, whose very top teacher makes $2 million, and who sign autographs like rock stars at public appearances.
Ron -- Ron Newman MyIdeatree.com <http://www.ideatree.us/> The World Happiness Meter <http://worldhappinessmeter.com/> YourSongCode.com <http://www.yoursongcode.com/> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Bruce Sherwood <[email protected]>wrote: > All of which is true, Owen, but I'm afraid you're making the natural > mistake of extrapolating from your own interests, experiences, and high > capabilities. The people like you and others on this list are in the world > at large a set of measure zero, albeit a set we don't want to neglect or > fail to nurture, and MOOCs are a way for an exceptionally bright rather > poor kid in Pakistan to educate herself or himself. The vast majority of US > college students do not have the discipline and burning desire to know that > may be required to succeed in distance learning. > > Bruce > > >
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