mnhs06 (August 13, 2008 at 9:51 am)

do u have the full documentary and if u do can u put it on you tube

pamelamtu (August 7, 2008 at 12:20 am)

I find the assertions in this video to be offensive and unfounded. The straw man of the old, technology resistant faculty is an assertion--not a demonstrated fact. Spin, all spin.

cum2roll (May 1, 2008 at 2:33 am)

'Curriculums' have traditionally wasted years of our lives, force feeding us what is pre-determined by the system. That is why critical thinking is non-existent in my age group (30). You jump forward to an 18 year old and you find a person capable of dissecting lies, placed in their subconscious and conscious minds by marketing, and old school media manipulation.You will see massive Government control of Internet, just as now, you know the info you put in a computer is going right out the back

MimosaVendetta (March 30, 2008 at 11:33 pm)

I am a 2nd year student transferring from a community college to a much larger university. My current college is just starting to get more involved online with the ANGEL software, but very few teachers understand or want to use it. Technology can be a great educational tool, but it can also be very daunting if you're not familiar with it. I've often felt that my learning could be better facilitated if technology was properly utilized, although it is nice to see things progressing finally.

kendashi33 (March 23, 2008 at 12:26 pm)

Im a 2nd year university student in the uk. I think what you say is interesting, but i dont agree that lectures are an outdated mode of learning. The reason we study under professors is that they guide our thinking towards quality material - there is a massive amount of unhelpful or just wrong information online and in books and going to a lecture and studying a reading list a way into finding helpful well written material.

archylgp (March 14, 2008 at 11:34 am)

I think it should be mentioned that one of the major goals of academics and academia at large is to conduct research and in turn enhance our world in unquantifiable ways. So for those of you who feel academia is useless, take a moment and think about where the knowledge underlying your laptop, cellphones, ext came from. If it were not for higher education, the world would be by far a worse place in every regard.

sevinch002 (February 27, 2008 at 3:12 pm)

ne bu

tlooknbill (February 3, 2008 at 10:15 pm)

I can tell you College is there to enrich you, to teach you to think. This enrichment will help prevent you from doing stupid things with your life. It gives you a well rounded sense of how the real world works. Not how it works on TV or on the internet.Don't concern yourself on how boring it is, just keep your eye on the prize-the degree. This tells future employers you will be less a financial risk than others without one. Who cares if the prof can't teach-figure it out when you graduate.

Italiasalbion (January 31, 2008 at 7:43 pm)

If a student doesn't have the discipline to learn from a virtual textbook, without being spoon fed by an over paid ego-maniac, then they don't belong in College!

Italiasalbion (January 31, 2008 at 7:36 pm)

My experiences in College taught me that COLLEGE teachers are essentially useless; they are far too numerous and extremely over-paid. College costs too much money. We don't need buildings. We don't need computer labs. All we need is a desktop computer, broadband connection and a website. There are places like that, but they are over-priced. That is unjust! The free-market, if allowed, will create cheap online education. Let it!