Arun-Kumar Tripathi (tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 04:55:45 +0200 (MET DST)
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 04:55:45 +0200 (MET DST) From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de> Subject: Re: IFET current discussion on on-line courses
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Ellen Rosen wrote:
>
> With respect to the impact on teaching of technology, I teach at William
> and Mary which was founded in 1693. The old college building, the Wren
> Building, has been restored by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and has
> a tour thru it. On the tour in one room they point to a raised chair
> and mention that the professor sat there and read from books and
> lectured to his students from that elevation. The only differences that
> I can see in what faculty do now is that we mostly stand, are less
> likely to read from books (instead we memorize the books others have
> written and use notes to remind ourselves of their content), and some of
> the faculty are female and some are not white. In colonial days books
> were hard to come by so reading was more reasonable, a form of sharing
> since there were also no photocopiers.
>
> There have been some changes, e.g., small groups etc. but by and large,
> if one does not lecture, the students feel cheated and ones colleagues
> may view this as being "lazy". We need something besides machines to
> change our ways!
I agree here that we need more than machines to change things, but change
must be there. Then, I would like to suggest to use the human application
of Artficial Intelligence. Or better say, use the Human Intelligence to
get the best access through web. We have to built the web cognitively
strong.
>
> …………………………………
> Ellen F. Rosen
> Professor of Psychology
> College of William and Mary
> P.O. Box 8795
> Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
> efrose@wm.edu
> http://www.wm.edu/PSYC/rosen.html
> …………………………………
Best Regards
Arun Tripathi
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