This is a tweetstorm about things that have surprised me having started a school, coming from a non-educational background
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1. Students’ brains are broken by our existing system. We’ve been reworked purely for extrinsic reward and forgotten how to learn entirely. The most frequently asked questions we get are “is this required?” and “donwe get a certificate for this?” It’s sad
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Most universities, surprisingly, have no way to measure their effectiveness, and most don’t try. If you can’t measure effectiveness you can’t fail.
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3. Many academics believe you can’t learn online. Not that you can only learn a subset of things or that the learning is worse because it misses x y and z if not in person. They literally don’t believe it’s possible to have an effective online education.
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Replying to @AustenAllred
Do you think they genuinely believe that, or they say it to preserve their jobs or sense of self worth as part of the academic-governmental complex?
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Legitimately believe. It’s even education startup founders that would love it but don’t think it will work.
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