Laptops are maybe a distraction in classrooms, but classrooms are likely a distraction in learning. Especially ones with lecturers in them.
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. via most of those "accomplished scholars" being proven useless and the few remaining being put on YouTube?
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. no we're operating on the assumption that most scholars are not accomplished, merely credentialed.
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lots of recent work on irreproducible research, esp in social sciences; adjunct crisis; grad jobs situation...
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reform movement started in late 90s with 'Scholarship Reconsidered' book and went steadily downhill.
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check out diagnosis ~1997. Nothing useful resulted despite deans loving book. Now too late. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyer's_m
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Many who benefitted when things were sorta working for some are torn. Poorly served ones are not in doubt though.
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Check out these lectures zenpundit.com/?p=40053 Adam Tooze is an exception to Venkat's observation---the message is more 1/2
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if the guys lectures are online, kinda validates my point :) Watching those better than 90% of live WWII lectures
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I favorited the original tw and retw because I've tried using online resources & have been constantly frustrated.
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Filtering signal from noise is a critical autodidact skill now. Digital native kids likely to be better than us
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