I often read articles saying professors should be required to take classes in digital pedagogy and similar subjects, so they'll be better teachers. Typically, though, this isn't what someone who spent (say) an academic career studying physics wants to do. As one professor wrote (quoted in this article), "I got into academia because I love creating and sharing knowledge. As I sit here working through my day, I can't help but wonder how I turned into a website administrator and customer service agent." Any reasonable reform to higher education, I think, is going to be one that enables professors to focus on their discipline (and which allows the rest of us to follow along).
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