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Stephen Downes

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I am in agreement with the basic thrust of this article: if you simply add computers to the typical eductaional environment, nothing much happens. It has to do with interaction: if the primary form of interaction in the class remains the teacher-student interaction, then the computer is no help (it's actually a distraction). The author's solution is both radical and sensible: make the computer the primary source of interaction on a full-time basis in the schools. But are teachers willing to let go enough to stand back and let students learn? By Frederick Bennett, The Technology Source, September/October, 2001.

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