http://www.jarche.com/2008/07/non-consumers-in-education/ Life in Perpetual Beta Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.jarche.com/2008/07/non-consumers-in-education/comment-page-1/#comment-185277 James Bontempo Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:31:50 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1631#comment-185277 I couldn't help but think of the recent "Obliterate or strategically use business travel?" post on the Work Literacy blog when reading this entry. Perhaps that reference seems a bit strange, but it was the "all or none" proposition of students "[opting] out of the public system" that brought it to mind. Just as there will always be a place for face-to-face meetings I think there will also probably always be a place for traditional in-person, instructor-led, group-based education. I think the key is to identify the most effective use of the approach -- to find its niche. But I do like the imagery of "the last student quietly turning out the classroom lights." :) I couldn’t help but think of the recent “Obliterate or strategically use business travel?” post on the Work Literacy blog when reading this entry. Perhaps that reference seems a bit strange, but it was the “all or none” proposition of students “[opting] out of the public system” that brought it to mind. Just as there will always be a place for face-to-face meetings I think there will also probably always be a place for traditional in-person, instructor-led, group-based education. I think the key is to identify the most effective use of the approach — to find its niche. But I do like the imagery of “the last student quietly turning out the classroom lights.”

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