Universities to MOOCs: We Will Assimilate You
September 21, 2013
Universities haven’t changed much since the Middle Ages. There
is the campus with its lecture halls, dormitories, libraries, and
laboratories surrounded by leafy quadrangles. Well, they’ve added giant
sports complexes, gyms and swimming pools,
and gourmet restaurants, but the basic layout is the same. And the
production process hasn’t changed since around 1200. Professors give
lectures, students read books and take notes, there are examinations and
grades, along with the occasional tutoring session, and a great deal
of hanky panky. The professors wear tweed jackets instead of gowns, and
the students wear – well, just about anything, including pajamas – but
otherwise the university remains one of society’s most conservative
institutions.
This has all been challenged, quite radically, in the last decade, as students, parents, taxpayers, and donors have begun to grasp the potential of the internet for revolutionizing the education industry.
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This has all been challenged, quite radically, in the last decade, as students, parents, taxpayers, and donors have begun to grasp the potential of the internet for revolutionizing the education industry.
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