[JKCalhoun]

Really? You don't think a human teacher is better than education-by-software?

I think (given the context of 1995 when we still had land-line modems, etc.) he nailed it.

[_dain_]

>You don't think a human teacher is better than education-by-software?

almost everything I do at work, I learned online, not from an in-person teacher

[palata]

Did you learn to learn online, too, or did you get an education with in-person teachers?

[_dain_]

> Did you learn to learn online, too, or did you get an education with in-person teachers?

where's the dichotomy? I had an education but it's debatable how much learning happened.

the bulk of everything I know how to do is self-taught.

[palata]

> I had an education but it's debatable how much learning happened.

Sure, it is debatable. But honestly it's hard for me to imagine giving an iPad to a 6 years old and tell them to "learn on their own".

[tryauuum]

yeah I got that "learning how to learn" course from coursera :)

just kidding, obviously I had to study english as a foreign language in a normal school first.