On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Gadi Evron wrote:
> > Nothing is ever easy, but we have to start somewhere. I don't see why this
> > is a bad idea. Yes, it takes time. Yes, it will have a much bigger impact.
> >
> It is not a bad idea. But it clearly is not sufficient. Why are you
Now we're talking.
Not sufficient I am game with. Nothing ever is, it is one more thing to
do.
> assuming that it is not already being tried? The problem is that
it is
I am assuming most higher education institutions in the world do not have
it done.
> being tried with the usual degree of effectiveness, i.e. unevenly.
> Saying "lets try it" is redundant, because that is already going on,
> just not enough. To make it more, one would have to convince the people
> who are currently not doing it, or doing it badly, to do better, and
> they (by definition) are not listening.
Okay, than let's make some progress:
1. Where and who is currently involved with doing this?
2. What are they doing?
3. Can we use their experience to make it a larger success?
4. How do we begin doing something large-scale?
Gadi.
>
> Crispin
>
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