Why Online Teaching Turned Me Off
Susan Sharpe,
Washington Post,
Apr 06, 2005
I'm not really sure of the point of this contrarian article - the author says "I want to look my students right in the eyeball" while pretending (I guess) that the eyes in the top row of a 500 seat classroom are anything other than a distinct blur. What i think happened is that the author expected a 2010 experience from 1995 software - this bit, for example, is telling: "Click, click. Next comment. If there's a thread to this discussion, I've lost it." But mostly, I think, it's this: "I love classrooms. I love the physical presence of students in all their variety." I'm glad this professor enjoys himself so much. But this professor's pleasure is no reason to keep learning in the dark ages.
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