My concern is that of equating lecturing and teaching with learning. Most
research I have looked at points to the contrary. People don't learn just by
listening to Geniuses.
Gil
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Miller [mailto:jeffm@dynamite.com.au]
Sent: mercredi, 15. mars 2000 23:21
To: unrev-II@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [unrev-II] Online University
From: Jeff Miller <jeffm@dynamite.com.au>
On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:00:58AM -0600, Jon Winters wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9402-2000Mar14.html
>
> <snip>
> Michael Saylor will announce tomorrow that he has donated $100 million
as
> a down payment toward creating an online university that he says will
> offer an "Ivy League-quality" education to anyone in the world--free.
> </snip>
>
> Its an exciting possibility.
My only concern at this stage is that he does not limit the lecturers to
americian experts. It would be in his and everyones best interest if he
included speakers from the uk, china, australia, and alike.
Jeff.
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