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Subject: Re: Net Education
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Date: Thu, 1-May-86 12:43:02 EDT
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> 	Have there ever been any ideas for using the net for cooperative
> education? I don't mean this in the university sense* but in the literal
> sense. There are a lot of intelligent people on the net with expertise
> in different areas. Everyone could learn a lot from the experts in other
> areas (I know I could learn a lot from experts in net.ai and net.crypt
> for example) in return for their own contributions.

The net is *already* an excellent vehicle for cooperative education.  But
to formalize this image would stultify the possibilities.  The net effect
(pun intended) would be to create a 'class consciousness'--a class of
experts and a class of learners.  I prefer the 'blur' as it now exists.
Not only is there an absence of the clear expert/novice dichotomy, but
also of the academic/'real world' one.  The democratizing nature of the
electronic network is one of its biggest plusses as a true educational
enterprise.