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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO Director of https://t.co/3Drnb8fynW; co-editor at https://t.co/kUTce5AMmE; former OER Fellow at https://t.co/7iz80LTtCZ
Apr 21, 2020 10 tweets 3 min read
So much negativity being directed towards #remotelearning #remoteteaching #onlineteaching #onlineeducation. The underlying sentiment: classroom teaching in #highered is far superior. Let's investigate the myths! 1/10 Myth 1: education is social, and only a classroom can create the conditions necessary to make it social. Classrooms with 100, 200, 400, 800 students are ideal learning situations? Everyone participates, even as the term wears on and attendance falls like a rock? 2/10