TheUndyingTue, Feb 16, 2010 I'd love to somehow track this conceptual project Dmitri and Olena have in mind.
Experiments like the Meyer-Briggs personality test are direct evidence to the notion that each individual human has their own process of learning, as well as the material that they want to learn; and we all agree that current curriculum is horribly flawed in the sense that it isn't accessible to each of our personal learning styles. Linear courses just might be necessary in order to resolve the issue of our diverse information gathering methods. Mr. Asimov here even considers Computer to Human linear information transfer to be an ideal medium, and as we now know in hindsight, he was actually referring to the internet (He pretty much summarized Wikipedia in a nutshell).
I guess things to focus on for such a project would be source and implementation (how will society adapt to the change? How will this effect professions?), among many other general issues.
Also take into account the advancements in internet infrastructure, and we're seeing a massive growth in internet portability too. Obtaining access to the internet seems to be just as easy as finding a public restroom. A project of this scope will need to be adaptable to the rapidly evolving internet infrastructure. It's becoming an extremely personalized commodity, will we even need academic facilities in the future?
I'd love to somehow track this conceptual project Dmitri and Olena have in mind.
Experiments like the Meyer-Briggs personality test are direct evidence to the notion that each individual human has their own process of learning, as well as the material that they want to learn; and we all agree that current curriculum is horribly flawed in the sense that it isn't accessible to each of our personal learning styles. Linear courses just might be necessary in order to resolve the issue of our diverse information gathering methods. Mr. Asimov here even considers Computer to Human linear information transfer to be an ideal medium, and as we now know in hindsight, he was actually referring to the internet (He pretty much summarized Wikipedia in a nutshell).
I guess things to focus on for such a project would be source and implementation (how will society adapt to the change? How will this effect professions?), among many other general issues.
Also take into account the advancements in internet infrastructure, and we're seeing a massive growth in internet portability too. Obtaining access to the internet seems to be just as easy as finding a public restroom. A project of this scope will need to be adaptable to the rapidly evolving internet infrastructure. It's becoming an extremely personalized commodity, will we even need academic facilities in the future?