RE: [unrev-II] Online University

From: Gil Regev (gil.regev@epfl.ch)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 03:10:36 PST

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    I totally agree Henry. This is a good move if it is followed by concrete
    actions to help students build their knowledge out of the lectures they
    received. Or you can get them to construct knowledge first and then confront
    the geniuses. Saylor himself said: "Done right, this will impact the lives
    of millions of people forever. Done wrong, it's just noise in a can."

    Gil
      -----Original Message-----
      From: Henry van Eyken [mailto:vaneyken@sympatico.ca]
      Sent: jeudi, 16. mars 2000 12:01
      To: unrev-II@onelist.com
      Subject: Re: [unrev-II] Online University

      Fundamentally, I think you are very much in the right here, Gil. But
    geniuses can provide the hooks for catching attention. The words "role
    models" come to mind.
      I understand from the Washington Post article that lecturing is merely
    intended as the Online University's starting point. Somewhere along the
    line, mentors are needed to rub students' noses real hard in the
    intellectual dirt, and to balance out that agony by making sure that
    students get a sense of exhilarating accomplishment as well.

      I imagine something like our Colloquium with shared screenboards and
    cameras for good measure ..

      Henry

      Henry

      Gil Regev wrote:

        From: "Gil Regev" <gil.regev@epfl.ch>
         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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