Academia 2.0

Who gives a shit? The shitty world is fucked up, mostly because of MEN, they are the worthless, pathetic, weak creatures, and the world needs to be rid of them!!!!!

Academia is dead! learning can be done faster and better outside of universities, renting an office space and committing yourself to learning a subject has far less distractions. going to university is simply a strategy to earn more money and maybe socialize. NO LEARNING ABOUT IT! I'm not against earning more money or socializing but there are more clever ways of doing so without spending thousands of dollars.

OK I totally just watched this video to see if I could spot myself walking around campus :P
But in response to the vid:
The sad thing is that a lot of lectures I have endured were really just my teacher READING me a textbook.
Putting it up on powerpoint never changes that...and if universities don't start realizing we can get our information on our own and get ourselves certified without them, well they are going to lose a lot of money.

In fact, my most successful lecture came from a guy who used just chalk and blackboard, explaining his topic with a lot of enthusiasm, heating up the room with his energy - and I remember almost everything. Where's that in front of a screen?!

Thanks for all the advertising here, IT lobby at its best.
Some things are forgotten: I had some brilliant lectures with a lot of interaction, with a well-knowing lecturer who was open for relevant aside-questions as well. Being in a seminar with others is also better than sitting in front of my laptop, listening to the screen. I tend to forget what I see and hear on the screen very, very soon, whereas what I learn in a room with others, or from a good lecture, stays in my head for a long time.

We all know that we can dissect the current education model to be out-dated and failing the MAJORITY of students falling into this model. However, incorporating technology into a classroom, or if even a classroom is to be the best model, wouldn't solve everything, or perhaps allow students to be proficient in math or science enough to be chemists and doctors.(ie)It also gets rid of some accountability for teachers, should there be a certain amount of material a student NEEDS to know, who knows

do u have the full documentary and if u do can u put it on you tube

I find the assertions in this video to be offensive and unfounded. The straw man of the old, technology resistant faculty is an assertion--not a demonstrated fact. Spin, all spin.

...or would you rather listen to supposedly "proven" facts that, after being tested and used, turn out to be OUTDATED principles ill-suited for today's RAPIDLY CHANGING global economy

Besides, no one cares how you feel about the video.

(That was directed at Pamelamtu)