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he's gotta work FIVE days a week?!?!?! What is this, a plantation???

Posted by The Devil and Daniel Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Oct 19 '11, 13:28

I was just discussing with friends on what college will be like when my daughter graduates high school. I'm sure it will be unrecognizable compared to today... i.e, everything online.

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Profs need that time to go hang out in cafes with their tweed jackets and be moody -- nm - con_carnage Oct 19, 13:39 2
- I'm sayin'! -- nm - nubby Oct 19, 13:48 1
  - By the way, how do you type and smoke your huge pipe at the same time? -- nm - con_carnage Oct 19, 13:54
I'm very skeptical of that. You can't exactly do a chem lab online, for instance. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 13:31 9
- on the other hand, at big schools professors never teach lab. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 13:47 1
  - That's not really what I'm talking about. - Reagen Oct 19, 13:55
- Okay, okay, I retract "everything". But still... - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 19, 13:44 4
  - the textbook thing will change in that they won't be physical. But I'm sure they will still cost a fortune. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 13:48 1
    - Just look at the price of e-books now -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 19, 13:51
  - I'm not meaning to harsh your futuristic mellow, I just don't see how those things will change with the use of technology - Reagen Oct 19, 13:47
  - I don't think it'll be extinct per se, but possibly reduced. - nubby Oct 19, 13:46
- my bio class is a hybrid, 3 hour lab once a week, assignments and lectures done online -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 13:32 1
  - I really like hybrids. I can't stand fully online classes. (I may start next year, but only to freeze my student loan interest.) -- nm - amanda jones Oct 19, 13:33
My wife is going back to school online to finish her degree (PSU ftw!) and she's not terribly impressed by it. It's definitely a weaker experience - Don Homer Oct 19, 13:30 9
- Today, sure. But I'm looking at the difference in the web and overall tech from 16 years ago and imagining the difference 16 years from now. -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 19, 13:41 6
  - For the most part, people are just using tech to do the same things they did before, just easier. - Reagen Oct 19, 13:43 5
    - Hands-on, I agree with you. "collective learning"... look where you're posting. - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 19, 13:46 4
      - you really can't beat face-to-face for engagement in a process. -- nm - Reagen Oct 19, 13:48 2
        
        Yeah. And there's an app for that :) -- nm - VerminTime Oct 19, 13:51 1
        
        ...not really. - Reagen Oct 19, 13:54
      - Maybe it's only self-preservationist, but I strenuously disagree with your IM. -- nm - nubby Oct 19, 13:48
- there's a reason I'm back taking classes in person rather than online. -- nm - znufrii Oct 19, 13:31 1
  - Porn made it tough to study? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 13:31
5 days a week teaching, rather than 1 day teaching and 4 days researching/writing -- nm - Bloger Blore Oct 19, 13:30

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