[LINK] World Education

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:36 PM 30/01/2013, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>  So that as in real life we learn from each other as much as
>from experts. This is quite a qualitatively different learning experience
>and one development certainly very much welcome in this international era.

I would agree with that. Group meetings were also part of earlier 
systems. I had students interacting all over the world back in the 
late 80s and 90s, 20 years ago. It was a matter of using tools 
available. We used clumsy words like synchronous and asynchronous 
methods back then. Even in the days of 'extension' education which 
was remote from the main campus, small groups would do correspondence 
study then gather for tutorials periodically in local communities. 
All of this was 'real life' too. :-)

BTW, the focus is still on the 'expert' providing the structure and 
means for feedback, and less about peer 'teaching' in the article. 
Camaraderie is an interesting motivator, though.

Jan



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