In my experience learning online is way more effective and efficient.

Why it is not the default option for universities?

  • The Real King Gordon
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    537 days ago

    I think a great majority of learning in college comes from living someplace other than home. Meeting different kinds of people from different places and spending time with them. Classes are very important but so much learning happens outside of classrooms.

    • magnetosphere
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      287 days ago

      I think this is one of the reasons conservatives hate college. Impressionable students might develop empathy, and we certainly can’t have that.

        • magnetosphere
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          57 days ago

          Nothing defines him and his associates/fanboys better than that statement. To me, showing empathy and acting on it is the most beneficial thing one can do for humanity.

      • @sbv@sh.itjust.works
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        97 days ago

        In my experience, it doesn’t need to be on-campus. Just getting to know other students and working/studying with them is enough.

      • @LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        77 days ago

        I’ve never lived on campus and idk how it works in the US but when I’d come in for the lectures I still met plenty of people who challenged me and my ideas and helped me grow as a person. Hell even just taking the subway to campus every day got me to actually start adulting and out of the shell of school and home life.