On 3/12/2013 7:56 AM, Mike Palij wrote:
Bottom line, there will be superstar teachers, MOOCs, and reconceptualization of what teachers do and what students will be. The metaphor being used is that educational change will come like an avalanche, that is, they say that an avalanche seem to be solidly in place until it falls -- change is dramatic and unexpected and that is what will happen in higher education. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected]
I have been involved with many attempts to develop distance ed, on-line, hybrid, and other non-traditional courses. Most have been failures. Our bottom line is that the majority of our students are traditional students and they want to live away from home, hang out with other people of the same age, engage in lots of questionable activities, and otherwise have a good time on their way to a degree. Doing the on-line route is about as appealing to them as a plate of old steamed broccoli.
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