• Online v. classroom teaching (was: game permits)

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Wed Apr 15 06:53:46 2020
    Aug wrote --

    (Never have understood how my eating helps them).

    You are not eating *for* them or to help *them*. Your eating is a lesson of
    privilege, good fortune, humility and possibly humbleness?

    Those ideas never crossed my mind when a kid and had the thought how does that help them.
    As a teenager and adult I am well aware of my many blessings.

    Some classes will need to be on campus such as chemistry, and other
    hands-on classes. But for things like history, English, etc will be on line.

    In the liberal arts, actual "Art" would still need a building: painting,
    sculture, etc..

    That's why I didn't write everything can be done online.

    Same thing with medicine. They would still need labs.

    See below.

    To me an open book test doesn't test if the student knows the answer
    but how to look up the answer.

    In some cases people need to know in their head whatever.
    I wouldn't want a doctor saying "Oh, this person has these symptoms. Let
    me check the book to know what it is and what to do".
    Same with someone playing around with various chemicals. Or designing/erecting a building, bridge, etc.
    This is one reason I so dislike true/false answers. Its a 50/50 guess. Doesn't really tell anyone anything how they got to that answer.
    Joe
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to JOE MACKEY on Thu Apr 16 21:26:00 2020
    Hello JOE!

    ** 15.04.20 - 06:53, JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

    In some cases people need to know in their head whatever. I wouldn't
    want a doctor saying "Oh, this person has these symptoms. Let me
    check the book to know what it is and what to do".

    Those that "know in their head" are probably quite few. Personally, I
    would respect a doctor who *would* consult official documentation on a matter. ;)


    Same with someone playing around with various chemicals.

    I can imagine what might go wrong there! LOL


    Or designing/erecting a building, bridge, etc.

    Yes.. But engineers must rely on their ability to look up stuff (charts, standards, blue prints, etc)


    This is one reason I so dislike true/false answers. Its a 50/50 guess.
    Doesn't really tell anyone anything how they got to that answer.

    Totally. 50/50 is not a good way to test knowledge.


    ../|ug

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