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Monday, April 06, 2009
Internet has the possibility of cutting out lecture-based classes altogether - Brett Nolan, Kentucky Kernel
But let’s be honest: Higher education — an institution run by board members and a pre-Internet generation — is not the beacon of technology innovation. It takes anywhere from 30-45 minutes for me to get from my house to my first class. How many times have I made that trip through pouring rain, only to be greeted by another lecture where attendance, although required, added nothing to the content of the class? If we took video recordings of lectures and made them available to stream online, along with a live chat system moderated by the professor, there’d be no need for students to make the trek across town or campus to attend class. All without losing the substantive content of the lectures.
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I truly believe that online learning is the wave of the future. I am glad that it is becoming more accepted and that the myths about distance learning are finally starting to dissolve.
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