tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175530035414490569.post5256487382147302075..comments2024-03-22T12:17:50.789+01:00Comments on The corridor of uncertainty: From flipping to empowermentAlastair Creelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437257475474703309noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175530035414490569.post-71134679949017126602012-10-16T16:33:15.636+02:002012-10-16T16:33:15.636+02:00Thank you Mr Devil! Computers may be cheaper than ...Thank you Mr Devil! Computers may be cheaper than teachers but without teachers they're useless. The teacher's role in the above example was crucial. You can automate instruction quite easily but you can't automate teaching as Tony Bates wrote recently.Alastair Creelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437257475474703309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175530035414490569.post-3825047852927266232012-10-16T16:04:54.866+02:002012-10-16T16:04:54.866+02:00Well, allow me to act as the devil´s advocate: I´m...Well, allow me to act as the devil´s advocate: I´m sure there are students and entire classes where this goal is within reach. In fact, this is how education was run in Sweden not so long ago (and probably still is here and there), with the PBL and what have you, the teacher being "a constant facilitator and advisor", while the students are doing research very much on their own. For many students, however, this requires far too much on their behalf. What they do is they slip in to copypasting not understandinging neither what they are doing nor where they are heading. Time, however, elapses ...<br />Rather, the model is a dream model for schools who seek to maximize their profits since computers are cheaper than teachers. <br /> <br />This was the devil speaking. Now what? ;)Henrik Birkebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925888946123847873noreply@blogger.com