Wednesday, July 24, 2002

Learning all around TEE SEMINAR by Michael Kahn. Quote: "Why do you come to college? It has never seemed reasonable to me that one comes to college because of the professors. If the professors have anything important to say, it can be mimeographed and mailed to you back home in Redding. Nor can I believe you come here for the books. They too can be mailed to Redding. It seems to me the only reasons worth coming here for is each other. I believe that you are each other's most important resource along the path of this educational journey." Comment: via Greg H. - Educational Barn-Raising. [Serious Instructional Technology] It can be discouraging to think about all the learning that takes place outside of, and often in spite of, the classroom.  It helps to have come to teaching after a long time in practice rather than straight from a Ph.D. program. It also helps to have finally reached a point where I see how little I learned inside classrooms. I would add, however, that another good reason for going to a physical place for school is to go talk to those professors outside the classroom. 9:40:55 PM

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