I mentioned in one of my earlier posts about finding the best professor lectures for each topic in a course, video recording those lectures, and making them available online for students to watch instead of attending class. I was thinking in terms of universities doing this as a way to make education more efficient. I still haven't thought completely through that idea.
BUT then I had an even scarier thought. What if students started doing this? What if a group of students taking the same class took turns video taping class lectures using a Flip camera or other device and then posted the lectures for the other students who then wouldn't have to attend the class. Being able to review the lecture several times would help in learning and getting notes down. What if students posted their notes and other students could rate which notes were best. What a revolution in learning would take place. What a battle would take place. Professors and Universities would shut this down. It might take a semester or two before they caught on but once they did there would be a fight and lawsuits.
This is going to put a lot of pressure on the academic community. What should a university look like in the future and how will academic research be preserved.
Interesting times...
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