VET & TAFE
The Screen: a scary picture
The great, open online university with students sitting in front of computers all day does not seem to be as successful as some people predicted.
Almost overnight there appears to be the whiff of cultural revolt in the air. It’s as if all those dreary modernist mantras like “there is no alternative”, “progress” and variations on the “end of history” have come, if not to a shuddering halt, then certainly to an enormous speed bump.
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“Technology, they asserted, should be subordinated to such goals and not regarded as an end in itself.” Amen to that! Online and e-learning can be a great tool, but should not be thought of as a replacement of basic teaching principles or face-to-face interaction!