MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester

Re:MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester by blendo on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @09:09PM (#22541920)

Nor will in-person, small group seminars be moved on-line. It might be fairer to just extend spring break for 2-3 months, and pick up the semester again in May or June.

Or, refund this semesters’s tuition, room, and board, and give everyone a do-over until next fall. (I am assuming the virus will burn out in 2-3 months.)

Maybe the best outcome would be radically improve remote learning, this time with full institutional support.

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Re:MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester by eropple on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:09AM (#22545955)

> I am assuming the virus will burn out in 2-3 months.

This is a really optimistic assumption. I hope you're right, but I would hope no political unit is making plans based on it.

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Re:MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester by whatshisface on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:53AM (#22546300)

Actually, that's extremely pessimistic. Unchecked exponential growth until it slams in to the population ceiling is both the worst-case scenario for fatalities, and also the scenario that would finish in three months.

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Re:MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester by fuckknows on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @04:21PM (#22550059)

Assuming that immunity lasts for an extended period or indefinitely, which we have no way of knowing yet.

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