In this online university, students do the teaching as well as the learning
In this online university, students do the teaching as well as the learning
- June 18, 2012
- Bill Maurer, anthropology professor and Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion director, is quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education June 18, 2012
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From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
Such student-to-student learning happens in less structured ways in many large online
classes, where students might break off into informal study groups using Google or
Yahoo e-mail lists, or meet up on social news Web sites like Reddit.com. Some MIT
classes provide links to a site called OpenStudy.... Bill Maurer, a professor of anthropology
at the University of California at Irvine, says faculty members who are trained to
mediate touchy topics are better able to draw out students who might clam up in an
open classroom. He also wonders whether peers can "help you think of the questions
you aren't thinking and not just help you complete a task."
For the full story, please visit http://chronicle.com/article/In-This-Online-University/132307//
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