Textbooks - very sad...

Ay, Dios mio, what a very depressing article...

A Textbook Example of What's Wrong with Education: a former schoolbook editor parses the politics of educational publishing.  By Tamim Ansary

Even if written five years ago. It's a major blast at the way publishing companies write/publish textbooks and at the way states decide the one-size fits all choices. I have actually at times considered going back to the States to teach. Not. At least not after reading this. If you're in education or have kids in the US this is well worth reading.

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...what would it be like if all the people who were experts, very knowledgeable, or extremely experienced and who really liked to share this "wealth" could easily pass it on via online courses to those who have never and probably will never have a chance for structured learning.

Online learning is all the rage these days, no? But recent studies show more and more online learners are dropping out of courses along the way. Well, CocoLoco wants to help learners stay the course...so to speak...and for many with few resources of education or money, just give them a chance to take a little course in the first place.

Team up with me if you've got some concrete ideas on how to present courses to people with very little education! Just add your comments to the posts.

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Well, when you're in Peru...or maybe any under-developed country, the overwhelming lack of a decent education for the vast majority is wrenching to comprehend. So, I got to thinking. There ARE a lot of people around both in and out of Peru who have expertise that they would be glad to share with those who've been at the mercy of delapidated, or very poor educational institutions.
So why not give both sides an opportunity to share. The experts or very knowledge get the opportunity to give others the benefit of their knowledge...for the good of all.
Ok, so how do you do that, you ask. Your provide accessible, understandable software programs. One for the course Builders to use to create a course; the other, a program for the Learners to use to take the course. Then you create a way for real conversations to occur within the programs.
And what are those? Well, just right now, I'll remain mum on that until the approach gets fully developed, but I thought I'd do a bit of blogging on the way. Since the great majority of we software users really are totally ignorant of how the wonderful, at times challenging, absorbing, and really fascinating experiences we have on the web, I thought I'd just be obnoxious enough to try to relay just a bit of what I'm gleaning about that software development world as a total neophyte. So, bear with me, here we go...

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