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Archive for January 2012
New Thoughts on Khosla’s TechCrunch Article
Okay, I’m taking another stab at my response to Khosla’s TechCrunch article because I don’t think I did him enough justice, or explained well enough my own issues with the piece. In one of my online communities, I was challenged by Doug Crets, a respected colleague, for missing the main points of Khosla’s article and not crediting Khosla with how closely he does align with the needs in education. My title, “Teachers Won’t Replace Algorithms,” probably led readers down the wrong path, similar to how TechCrunch’s calling Khosla’s article “Do …
Algorithms Won’t Replace Teachers
When Vinod Khosla asks “Will We Need Teachers or Algorithms? ,” of course the answer is both. Really, TechCrunch’s title is misleading because Khosla doesn’t argue that algorithms should replace teachers. I had the pleasure of meeting Khosla when Mike Arrington was interviewing him as part of StartupWeekend EDU in Seattle, and he comes across as passionate about seeing technology’s potential to change education. Many of Khosla’s points I agree with wholeheartedly—our system of fixed class time for graduation credit needs replacing, online learning has the clear potential to change …
