Student to Teacher Ratio, 50 min classes 2 times a week, cost of paper/copies/books, students/teachers in multiple locations.
Huge Audience/forum for expressing ideas.
This part is still largely theoretical and there are possible downsides. Perhaps not the best, but neither is the modern keyboard. And we don’t have to teach the technology.
I’m not sure these are all bad things…just new things. Keep personal, personal. Facebook stalking.
Part of our job as teachers is to ensure students acquire skills that help them succeed beyond college.
Part of our job as teachers is to try to develop socially conscious students, who become active in local or global issues.
Has created a forum, a space for activism to take place. The standard 5 page position papers for college courses are becoming a thing of the past with very little use in the public sphere. Provides a real audience. Authentic writing.