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Dare to Dissemble is my little online ranting place, where I air my thoughts about the ridiculous state of affairs at the University of Alberta--a formerly strong public institution with tons of potential being driven into the ground by inept governance and irresponsible government funding policies. Comments are welcome, but not expected. Like most blogs on the internet, this one languishes in obscurity and is read for the most part by its proprietor.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Online Courses

Still no time for a SOW post, but wanted to mention this recent piece in CAUT Bulletin about the essential importance of in person interactions in higher education, something that is clearly missing from things like Coursera or Udacity.

This is something that we see time and again in our society:  a search for short-cuts and economies of scale, when sometimes we just have to acknowledge that certain things are labour-intensive if they're done right.  Like education.
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