dfile@ecsvax.UUCP (Dean File) (05/01/86)
> [] > > Have there ever been any ideas for using the net for cooperative > education? I don't mean this in the university sense* but in the literal > sense. There are a lot of intelligent people on the net with expertise > in different areas. Everyone could learn a lot from the experts in other > areas (I know I could learn a lot from experts in net.ai and net.crypt > for example) in return for their own contributions. The net is *already* an excellent vehicle for cooperative education. But to formalize this image would stultify the possibilities. The net effect (pun intended) would be to create a 'class consciousness'--a class of experts and a class of learners. I prefer the 'blur' as it now exists. Not only is there an absence of the clear expert/novice dichotomy, but also of the academic/'real world' one. The democratizing nature of the electronic network is one of its biggest plusses as a true educational enterprise.
jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao) (05/02/86)
In article <9667@ritcv.UUCP> jjv3345@ritcv.UUCP (Jeff Van Epps) writes: > ... There are a lot of intelligent people on the net with expertise >in different areas. Everyone could learn a lot from the experts in other >areas (I know I could learn a lot from experts in net.ai and net.crypt >for example) in return for their own contributions. Well, now, I kind of thought this was the way the net was supposed to be working already, instead of as a sounding board for hotheads. (Hint? No: outright statement!) For examples of how it should be working, look at some of the moderated technical newsgroups, or even up to 75% of some of the unmoderated ones. -- Joe Yao hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}