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23 Apr 2014 11:06 #188134
by ketchim
It was a revolution moving higher education from bricks to clicks…
and now it's started to go back to bricks again :
Online university students want to talk outside the computer screen
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23 Apr 2014 11:20 #188137
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In Moscow, the learning hub is hosted by Digital October :
a centre for technology and entrepreneurship. Yulia Lesnikova, director of educational
programs, says it provides a more sociable way of following online courses.
"Education is a two-way process… It's a shoulder to lean on "
"Mentors give a lot of help to people who don't understand."
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23 Apr 2014 11:25 #188138
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Yang Liu,
Guokr says studying as a group provides a way of keeping students connected.
It also introduced the word "Moocer" into China :
"Learning can be very lonely, they can drop out."
"It's like a village, they form a small society."
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23 Apr 2014 11:30 #188141
by ketchim
But you can't stop people from wanting to talk to each other, outside the computer screen.
As well as the more formal learning hubs, self-organised "meet-ups" for Coursera students
have sprung up in more than 3,700 cities around the world......
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23 Apr 2014 11:32 #188142
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Turning on a computer shouldn't be that difficult.
Except if you don't have any power supply. :-[
A car with solar panels drives out to rural villages in Uganda to provide electricity
for school computers...
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