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 in, as a woman, but they eventually got over that bigotry.)
MOOCs will be debugged and improved over time, I think, but no, they will never take the place of everybody sitting together, learning together, f2f with a great teacher. Should we therefore not even aspire to teach people who can’t have the intimate experience? I say let’s at least try. On Jan 23, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Stephen Guerin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Gary Schiltz <[email protected]> > wrote: > 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 > intangibles to be gained by spending time face-to-face with other knowledge > seekers (wow, does that sound idealistic). > > Eric Bonabeau (BiosGroup Paris and founder Icosystem) joined on as Dean of > Computational Sciences at Minerva. Interesting to me is that while the > courses are online, students are required to study together and live in > residence facilities. > > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/minerva-schools-at-kgi-names-deans-of-computational-and-natural-sciences-231555771.html > http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/minerva-start-up-college-hires-academic-leaders/48205 > http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/the-radically-experimental-university-minerva-schools-of-kgi-slideshow/bonabeau-minerva-project-smiles-during-meeting-san-francisco-photo-060227588.html > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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