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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @01:32PM (#6554813)
Frankly, I hope none of the education-related ideas coming out of high tech hubs such as the Silicon Valley, come true. Nothing wrong with the fine individuals living and working here, but we are not the most gifted ones when it comes to figuring out how human beings function.

We are great at figuring out systems. Hardware. Computers. Robots. Networks thereof.

But self-aware nature-made wetware... please, just step away from that stuff. You're only making a mess.

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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by aantix on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @01:36PM (#6554856)
So not one individual in the entire Valley has a good idea for education? Not a single one?

Ugh, these gross generalizations get tiring..

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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by vdaniuk on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @02:07PM (#6555144)
Wow, so nice to see a refreshing attitude here on HN. You nailed the arrogance of SV types. Not everything can be improved with technology, just look at these massive failures in disrupting education : Coursera, Edx, Udacity. I, too, hope that engineers will just step away from education. /s
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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by aantix on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @02:31PM (#6555329)
Khan Academy?

"Today, there have been 85 million users to date. Each month, there are 6 million unique users on the Khan Academy site. In total, there have been 260 million lessons delivered and over 1 billion problems answered on the related exercises." http://jpalfrey.andover.edu/2013/05/09/khan-academy-meets-ph...

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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by vdaniuk on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @03:38PM (#6555800)
I guess the sarcasm tag should have been more obvious :D
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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by aantix on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @05:46PM (#6556592)
Sorry, lately it's been hard to distinguish whether people are being sarcastic or are just idiots.

My apologies.

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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by vdaniuk on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @06:04PM (#6556675)
Very relevant to your thoughts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
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Re:How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generat... by Dewie on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @04:12PM (#6556001)
"SV types" can't solve more socially-oriented/soft problems? All of them? That's too bad, since these skills seem to be vital for things like human computer interaction and interaction design.
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