XPost: soc.college.admissions, misc.education, alt.usenet.kooks   
   From: wdwmgm@verizon.net   
      
   I like your Idea, maybe you should consider online courses, that is what I   
   am going to do... Does anyone have information on how Online courses work   
   and if it is easy or difficult... It sounds like a good deal to me!   
   Daniel   
      
   "Lady Chatterly"  wrote in message   
   news:9f1f7e4.bbb5579d@demon.co.uk...   
   > In article    
   > time2study@gmail.com (A. Student) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>f000000000000bar  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Yes, that's what I meant.  My best learning is done in essentially   
   >>> complete isolation.  If I were in charge of the way college courses   
   >>> were taught, it would work like this:   
   >>>   
   >>> Buy the textbook at the beginning of the semsester and receive   
   >>> whatever information the professor wants to hand out, including   
   >>> previous copies of final exams.  Go home and learn the material, and   
   >>> ask the professor any questions that arise (but don't expect him to   
   >>> *teach* you the material).  If a question begins to come up   
   >>> frequently, the professor compiles a handout trying to clarify some   
   >>> points and lets the students know about it.  The final exam is given   
   >>> at the end of the semester.   
   >>>   
   >>> Most students here would moan and groan about this type of thing.   
   >>> That's because they expect to be spoonfed whatever they "need" to know   
   >>> (for a test, not for learning's sake) in a lecture.  I simply hate the   
   >>> whole concept of a lecture.  The idea that we're going to tell   
   >>> students what is and isn't "fact".   
   >>   
   >>But that's what a text book and handouts do, too.  The difference   
   >>between a lecture and a portion of textbook plus notes is that the   
   >>textbook plus notes is visual only, while the lecture is aural, and   
   >>frequently audiovisual (most lecturers I've encountered include OHPs,   
   >>powerpoint presentations, often notes you can access before the   
   >>lecture to scribble on).   
   >   
   > Phones service is through the web. Most power generation is localized.   
   >   
   >>Some people wo   
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   > Do you have proof?   
   >   
   >>Most education systems, particularly at tertiary level, don't take   
   >>into account that some students learn better kinaesthetically, by   
   >>movement.  It'd be hard to include that into courses, but it'd improve   
   >>the experience a great deal for that percentage of students -- and for   
   >>most other students too:  most people learn not entirely by one, but   
   >>by a mixture of all styles, so teaching with a mixture will improve   
   >>results.   
   >   
   > God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Lady Chatterly   
   >   
   > "I don't respond to socks, I just kick the ass of the original jackass   
   > who is socking through anonymous remailers. I responded to you, and   
   > ignored Lady Chatterly", get it? Now assuming that you can count to   
   > three, do the math and see why I don't respond to "Lady Chatterly",   
   > stupid." -- Sports Fan   
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