[LINK] Teaching and Learning at University of Queensland has a new green hi-tech building

[grove at zeta.org.au]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2012, Antony Barry wrote:

> On 31/10/2012, at 5:12 PM, Rachel Polanskis <grove at zeta.org.au> wrote:
>
>> I would like to know how it fixes things like a coworker being berated by a manager
>> for teaching themselves a programming language and told to stop it immediately.
>
> Self directed personal development or intellectual exploration of related knowledge may have no place in a modern university? How could that possibly fit in with producing graduates to work in industry and commerce?

Put it down to those methodologies I am not fond of.   It is obvious what
the plan is.  Only consultants and project managers are permitted creative
thought and then only when it can be quantified using a spreadsheet or a 
project management tool.   My email signature below also explains 
why the adoption of buy not build ideology is so popular as well.
I have been trying to push the concept of "denerdification" for some time,
but it is too late now.


rachel

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