http://diyubook.com/2010/08/diy-u-in-forbes/ Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the coming transformation of higher education Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:44:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://diyubook.com/2010/08/diy-u-in-forbes/comment-page-1/#comment-1619 Patrick McEvoy-Halston Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:52:41 +0000 http://diyubook.com/?p=295#comment-1619 Increasingly, the net is being conceived as an abode for loud, impulse-ridden losers. "We've given it it's chance," is what they say, "and even if there are gems amidst the slush ... couldn't they just tone it down some?" Owing to this, traditional universities aren't seeming quite as ridiculous as they should for their stodginess. I would hazard a guess that the most important resource in higher education is now perhaps more the CIVILIZED (that is, tamed-down one) learner, more than it is the motivated (eager) one. Universities may be where people go to become gentlemen / ladies -- if to an elite one, then up a notch to aristocrat. I'm noticing it more: it's not so much what you have to say as how you say it (impatiently? excitedly? did you drool?). The winners may be those who say nothing much new, but do so becalmed, with consideration. Increasingly, the net is being conceived as an abode for loud, impulse-ridden losers. “We’ve given it it’s chance,” is what they say, “and even if there are gems amidst the slush … couldn’t they just tone it down some?” Owing to this, traditional universities aren’t seeming quite as ridiculous as they should for their stodginess. I would hazard a guess that the most important resource in higher education is now perhaps more the CIVILIZED (that is, tamed-down one) learner, more than it is the motivated (eager) one. Universities may be where people go to become gentlemen / ladies — if to an elite one, then up a notch to aristocrat. I’m noticing it more: it’s not so much what you have to say as how you say it (impatiently? excitedly? did you drool?). The winners may be those who say nothing much new, but do so becalmed, with consideration.

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