the classroom is sacred
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The Classroom is Sacred. By Siva Vaidhyanathan [email protected] @sivavaid. A Reason to Believe. The university has been digitized. A Reason for Caution. Not all digitization efforts are brilliant, or even necessary. Universities are Copy Machines. Lesson 1:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Reason to Believe
The university has been digitized
A Reason for Caution
Not all digitization efforts are brilliant, or even necessary
Universities are Copy Machines
Lesson 1:
“The University” is not one thing.
Lesson 2
The classroom is a “fifth” space.
Lesson 3
The classroom is a place to experiment
Lesson 4
The classroom is a place for traditions and rituals
Lesson 5
Teachers are performers, and thus liars.
Lesson 6
Teaching is not the dissemination of information.
Lesson 7
Teaching is not the curation or selection of information
Lesson 8
Teaching ain’t easy
Lesson 9
Teaching is a public service, but not in every sense of “public.”
Lesson 10
Public-service duty of higher education demands openness with respect for traditions, needs of students.
Content-Provider Paradox
• Universities occupy every place on the diagram of content production, dissemination, and consumption.