This clip available on youtube and was taken by Mike Wesch and fellow students of Kansas State University. They present a compact study of the average life of a student. With the conclusion: We did not create the problems. But they are our problems.
some aspects the study reveals:
My average class size is 115
18 % of my teachers know my name
I complete 49 % of the readings assigned to me
Only 26 % of what is taught is relevant for my life
I will write 42 pages for class this semester… and over 500 pages of emails
I spend 3 ½ hours online each day…..
Okay. Let’s examine the meaning of this survey! Rather than the individual messages we should consider the intention as a whole? Is it that university students live their lives predominantly online? That Facebook is the unbeatable competitor of higher education? Is this a viable way of disseminating ideas? Might this type of media form part of how we form or change opinions?
Is time running. Do we need a few extra hours to combine cyber life and university life? Does Academia has an expiry date?
I don’t know. In fact a friend told me yesterday that it is possible to download university lectures as podcasts on my itune store. That is pretty wicked I guess. To get free access to listen to lectures who I would probably never have a chance to hear in real life. If this post becomes a critical reflection on the benefits and drawbacks of the cyberworld as a university student, I will insist on its opportunities. (Obviously in a critical manner). Second life for example also offers students the chance to meet online as groups for online lectures. (as a matter of fact the question reveals if itis actually yourself behind your Avator –but then who cares in real life for your attendance??) It is an opportunity. Also publishing your dissertation online is an opportunity to my mind, in the sense that one is immediately in the position of accessing relevant information. I like it. But again, in this relation, it would be quite urgent to get some more efficient tools to prevent the excessive (and very tempting) possibility of plagiarism.
I truly think that the integration of Internet resources is unavoidable in an Academic framework. Platforms of interactions, the distribution of learning materials or a sphere where administrative content is being published is beneficial for lifelong learning.
18 % of my teachers know my name
I complete 49 % of the readings assigned to me
Only 26 % of what is taught is relevant for my life
I will write 42 pages for class this semester… and over 500 pages of emails
I spend 3 ½ hours online each day…..
Okay. Let’s examine the meaning of this survey! Rather than the individual messages we should consider the intention as a whole? Is it that university students live their lives predominantly online? That Facebook is the unbeatable competitor of higher education? Is this a viable way of disseminating ideas? Might this type of media form part of how we form or change opinions?
Is time running. Do we need a few extra hours to combine cyber life and university life? Does Academia has an expiry date?
I don’t know. In fact a friend told me yesterday that it is possible to download university lectures as podcasts on my itune store. That is pretty wicked I guess. To get free access to listen to lectures who I would probably never have a chance to hear in real life. If this post becomes a critical reflection on the benefits and drawbacks of the cyberworld as a university student, I will insist on its opportunities. (Obviously in a critical manner). Second life for example also offers students the chance to meet online as groups for online lectures. (as a matter of fact the question reveals if itis actually yourself behind your Avator –but then who cares in real life for your attendance??) It is an opportunity. Also publishing your dissertation online is an opportunity to my mind, in the sense that one is immediately in the position of accessing relevant information. I like it. But again, in this relation, it would be quite urgent to get some more efficient tools to prevent the excessive (and very tempting) possibility of plagiarism.
I truly think that the integration of Internet resources is unavoidable in an Academic framework. Platforms of interactions, the distribution of learning materials or a sphere where administrative content is being published is beneficial for lifelong learning.
