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by j45 205 days ago
Teaching isn't bi directional.

Understanding before application are two different steps.

The issues you're outlining can be solved by arranging technology to go through a process to satisfy the above.

Still, instruction, and instructors aren't really needing to be replaced, it's the silent elephant in the room that is rarely talked about that hopefully considers evolving.
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IAmBroom 205 days ago
> Teaching isn't bi directional.

... said no decent teacher, ever. The flows aren't symmetrical, but they are bidirectional.

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nerdjon 205 days ago
Agreed, if teaching really was not bi-directional than there is zero reason for there to actually be a teacher in the first place when it could just be a book.

There are some bad teachers where it is not bidirectional for sure. But to claim it isn't (or at least is not supposed to be)... is wild

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j45 205 days ago
Teaching will get to evolve when the subject matter is changing faster than the delivery mechanisms.

Where the subject matter doesn't change as quickly.. might be in for some trouble.

This article is kind of strange. I would title it "Digitally and AI illiterate institution attempts to deliver course that looked impressive and amazing to them." Students do have standards and students baseline digital literacy passed by institutions a long, long time ago.

I know, let's talk about MooCs.

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