[lbo-talk] Free online courses

[Joseph Catron]

I'm not sure I understand the distinction being drawn here. Isn't the
practical effect of existing university education to goad students into
self-learning: finding, comparing, analyzing, and mastering relevant
materials independently? No offense to the profs, but I don't think most
actual knowledge acquisition at universities occurs in lecture halls. And
the point of it all (to the extent that it has a point) seems to be to
encourage independent study and reflection.

Then again, I was always told that my uni was pretty good, comparatively
speaking. Perhaps it's different at others?

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>wrote:

Alan Rudy writes:
>
>  I thought Jordan's challenge to nathan tankus' position
>> that people don't have the ability to learn on their own
>> was spot on.
>>
>
> I was being a little flip, but my point is that it shouldn't be surprising
> that so few people are self-learners, because it's not something that often
> gets taught.  And I would wager that among the self-learners I've known
> over the years, most of them came to it on their own.
>

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