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by intended on Thursday March 08, 2018 @05:44AM
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Re training will fail. This is the major fatal flaw of the current economic system.
Supporting data: The writing has been on the wall in glowing neon ever since the advent of MOOCs.
MOOCS have many near magical attributes that we have long sought in education
1) The students regularly self select into the courses they want, as opposed to schools where you don't have a choice.
2) Courses are free
3) Courses are high quality, and improving with testing
4) Courses are media rich, and use multiple types of stimulation for stronger impact when studying
5) Honorary mention - gamification
6) Material is always available, at any time - you are not limited to teachers being available
7) You even have online communities you can reach out to, to discuss your work
And yet they have about a 10% completion rate.
Let me underline - thats a 10% rate with a self selected pool of interested applicants.
MOOCs are literally magic.
IF you are talking about re-training then you are missing the Big Picture: The re-training and skill up revolution has come and gone.
We should currently be seeing a large rise in the number of people who are self actualizing, and learning skills in a wider range of industries.
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In economic terms, the failure rate of MOOCs indicate that retraining attempts will result in very poor retrenchment of workers.
Most jobs lost will result in under-employment, increasing the concentration of capital in the hands of capital holders.
This will have a knock on effect on the America old style university system, as this will become the only path to a higher paying career over poor paying service sector work.
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The retraining model which will work will require people to be allowed to train non stop on material, and the ability to focus and work on a subject till they have gained the necessary mastery.
I doubt this will be possible, because a family earner cannot take weeks off to master a skill only to have to hunt for jobs in a market where younger students already abound.
Consider how many people want to get healthier, apply to gyms - and then stop going.
Re-phrase the retraining problem as an attempt to get all of humanity (or a slice of it) fit.
Also since the tools of technology allow for hitherto impossible levels of orchestration and conversation management, the barrier to outrage driven organization and outrage has been set much higher, which will lead to less negotiation power during the eventual distribution of wealth
Supporting data: The writing has been on the wall in glowing neon ever since the advent of MOOCs.
MOOCS have many near magical attributes that we have long sought in education
1) The students regularly self select into the courses they want, as opposed to schools where you don't have a choice.
2) Courses are free
3) Courses are high quality, and improving with testing
4) Courses are media rich, and use multiple types of stimulation for stronger impact when studying
5) Honorary mention - gamification
6) Material is always available, at any time - you are not limited to teachers being available
7) You even have online communities you can reach out to, to discuss your work
And yet they have about a 10% completion rate.
Let me underline - thats a 10% rate with a self selected pool of interested applicants.
MOOCs are literally magic.
IF you are talking about re-training then you are missing the Big Picture: The re-training and skill up revolution has come and gone.
We should currently be seeing a large rise in the number of people who are self actualizing, and learning skills in a wider range of industries.
-----------
In economic terms, the failure rate of MOOCs indicate that retraining attempts will result in very poor retrenchment of workers.
Most jobs lost will result in under-employment, increasing the concentration of capital in the hands of capital holders.
This will have a knock on effect on the America old style university system, as this will become the only path to a higher paying career over poor paying service sector work.
----------
The retraining model which will work will require people to be allowed to train non stop on material, and the ability to focus and work on a subject till they have gained the necessary mastery.
I doubt this will be possible, because a family earner cannot take weeks off to master a skill only to have to hunt for jobs in a market where younger students already abound.
Consider how many people want to get healthier, apply to gyms - and then stop going.
Re-phrase the retraining problem as an attempt to get all of humanity (or a slice of it) fit.
Also since the tools of technology allow for hitherto impossible levels of orchestration and conversation management, the barrier to outrage driven organization and outrage has been set much higher, which will lead to less negotiation power during the eventual distribution of wealth