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Re:Making universities obsolete by yequalsx on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @10:44AM (#3505212)
You are absolutely correct. Humans are not rational in this respect. Every overweight person I know wants to lose weight. Well then just exercise and eat better, right? Life is more complicated than that.

The contrived setting of the classroom is much better than an online setting. This may change as technology gets better. Right now, online is not a better format than face-to-face. Online might be the most cost effective format but it isn't the pedagogical optimum.

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Re:Making universities obsolete by thomaslangston on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @02:46PM (#3506346)
> The contrived setting of the classroom is much better than an online setting.

I don't think you've made a compelling argument on that score. It is precisely because life is complicated that lower cost and more flexible method might be considered optimum.

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