[p2p-research] Online: How the Internet is slowly replacing formal learning

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slowly replacing formal learning via Online Learning Update by Ray
Schroeder on 5/26/10

By Scott Ijaz, U Weekly

Top tier schools like The London School of Economics, MIT and Yale
embrace the advent of self-educational websites through Open Course
Software. Open Course Software streams recorded lectures from the
classroom into the audience’s room. The Internet viewer who doesn’t
drop a dime experiences the same explanations as the students in the
classroom who pay high-end tuition dollars. Nathan Shubick, a second
year student studying physics, better comprehended the online
explanation than the classroom’s. “I went to the oyc.yale.edu, and
listened to one of their teachers explain the same material on a
podcast,” remarked Shubick. Shubick favored the Internet source over
his classroom teacher. “Turns out, the Yale professor authored the
textbook which my university teacher refers to in class. It was easier
to learn coming from the horse’s mouth,” he said.

http://uweekly.com/newsmag/05-19-2010/14592/are-teachers-becoming-obsolete
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