[Magdalen] US Higher Education

[Capers Limehouse]

Lynn, a big and graded part of all the online grad courses I've been in has been a discussion forum where students had to interact with other students around the material. Not perfect but also not course I could have taken otherwise.
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On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:42 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> quoted from Roger S
> Jeffrey Selingo, > formerly Editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education. His premise seems
>> to be that online and mixed mode education can be more effective than face to face, as well as being cheaper, and that proper credit should be given for this modality of education.
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> In this age of computers and even faster ways of communicating with a group without the group able to interact with each other is taking us down a road we will live to regret in education, in business and in any group charged with  making decisions... the ability to 'survey' individuals within  a group with an email and the finer point of being able to converse in a group and modify the discourse and *see* different paths, will never happen with out face to face - which *might* be possible with Skype type gatherings, but still not the same as the give and take, insight and ideas that bloom in group gathered in person.
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> IMO, of course
> Lynn
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> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 12:12 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] US Higher Education
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>> On 11/01/2015 17:30, Brian Reid wrote:
>>> At the two US universities where I have taught, you need not ever attend a class if you can pass its examinations.
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>> I accept and welcome that.  The credential should recognize what you know at the end of the course.
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>> In response to Jay I will say that the author is > A side issue is that there has been too much emphasis on the importance of a college degree and this may not be worth (in the long term) the amount spent on acquiring it. From this side of the pond I think that is a valid issue.
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>> Roger