Online Courses, Still Lacking That Third Dimension - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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anonymous on 07 Feb 11"WHEN colleges and universities finally decide to make full use of the Internet, most professors will lose their jobs. Enlarge This Image Many leading universities have put free videos online featuring their best lecturers. One aggregator site, Academic Earth, offers 150 courses. That includes me. I'm not worried, though, at least for the moment. Amid acute budget crises, state universities like mine can't afford to take that very big step - adopting the technology that renders human instructors obsolete. "