I am thinking of an economic model where resources that don't require human support - lecture tapes, class notes, problems and solutions, software - are free, but there may be associated "human services" that are neither mandatory, nor free. Isn't it like MIT, though? You can get all their "stuff" online free, but services such as participatory learning with live students and professors, or being graded on your tests, are not free (nor easily accessible, for that matter - the "price of entry" is steep in time and effort).
Do you know of more good (non-evil) examples of using this economic model? On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:51 AM, john stampe <jwsta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I agree with you Nellie, looking around on the web including the website > and at the founders history, it looks as though he is in it as money making > venture, rather than a serious educational effort. > > I am also bothered by the page on costs. First it says "The University does > not charge students to take classes", then it states "Each course ends with > a comprehensive examination for which students must pay a sliding scale exam > fee." Those two statements are contradictory at best. > > Best regards, > John > > P.S. I just had this thought. He (the founder) was previously head of a > test preparation company (Kidum) which was sold to Kaplan. The model of > charging for an exam I bet based on the model of SAT, ACT, GMAT, etc. > > -- Cheers, MariaD Make math your own, to make your own math. http://www.naturalmath.com social math site http://www.phenixsolutions.com empowering our innovations --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
