jj kerr (jkerr36@cybertrails.com)
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:35:19 -0800
From: "jj kerr" <jkerr36@cybertrails.com> Subject: [ifets] Tech att Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 08:35:19 -0800
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This debate is skirting the subject of power.
As you know, in the past, the Proffessor was
a powerful dispenser of wisdom and students
absorbed it then regurgitated it on the final exam.
There are still many disciplines in the US that
cling to that scenario. Training doctors is an example.
Others have embraced the learning environment that
makes the learning experience more of a problem
solving team rather than an adversarial relationship.
Enter the computer and online education. Now there
needs to be ever more sharing of "power". All of hate
change ( the only thing one can depend on ) so many of
us are resisting change. This is an opportunoty to offer
students more choices and for teachers to enjoy reading some
of their innovative works. There need to be standards and
those dreaded deadlines. But we need to grasp this technology
( like the old slide projector and VCR ) and provide more opportunity
to more students that is high quality. A quick question: If a student can
pass
your final exam on the first day, will you award a passing grade ?
J Kerr., M Ed
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