Adnan, thanks for sharing the link.
I think our universities should seriously start looking at how we can leverage these developments. I know VU is on the leading edge and keeps probing for new models and NUST had made some arrangement with LUMS for online courses. Others could also be taking similar initiatives but it has to be done in a more organized way - with a measurement for effectiveness.
The feedback on effectiveness is particularly important because every new model has a potential pitfall. Case in point is that when lectures became available in Open Source (like MIT Open Courseware) some teachers took the easy way out and started presenting those in class without actually conveying concepts or doing active teaching. I am saying this based on direct feedback from students. In fact, one student said, "the only value addition was the English to Urdu translation of an odd slide". As the material was not prepared by the teacher he did not even bother to understand it nor plan how to deliver it.
- Tariq
From: Adnan Abid <adnanabid7@gmail.com>
To: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 5:29 AM
Subject: [pakgrid] interesting ones
Standford offers a free online course for AI:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/science/16stanford.html
A kids school at silicon valley without any IT equipment
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=%22Paul%20Thomas%22&st=cse
-adnan
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