Learnstreams ...
.. in Forbes (print edition) thoughts from David Gelernter, professor of computer science at Yale, and author of "Mirror Worlds" and the brilliant manifesto "The Second Coming", featuring the conecept of "lifestreams" interfaces - a must-read for anyone interested in web/e-learning 2.0.
He presents his vision of the future of online higher education and claims that "outside the top tier [schools], more and more students will discover that electronic courses offer education with less fun, less atmosphere, less political nonsense--and a lot more choice and less cost. Good teachers will be liberated to peddle knowledge around the world. Top scholars with international reputations may discover, to their astonishment, that they can earn nearly as much as their dentists. Students will be liberated to buy education from suppliers all over the globe” (42). Gelernter also suggests that “[c]omputerized courses will never be as good as small seminars with first-rate teachers. But they might be better than big lectures with mediocre teachers” (42).
via Kairosnews: A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy (special focus on high education and literacy in the digital age). You should put it on your blogroll.
He presents his vision of the future of online higher education and claims that "outside the top tier [schools], more and more students will discover that electronic courses offer education with less fun, less atmosphere, less political nonsense--and a lot more choice and less cost. Good teachers will be liberated to peddle knowledge around the world. Top scholars with international reputations may discover, to their astonishment, that they can earn nearly as much as their dentists. Students will be liberated to buy education from suppliers all over the globe” (42). Gelernter also suggests that “[c]omputerized courses will never be as good as small seminars with first-rate teachers. But they might be better than big lectures with mediocre teachers” (42).
via Kairosnews: A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy (special focus on high education and literacy in the digital age). You should put it on your blogroll.
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