Comments on: 10 Valuable Things About Online Learning http://theelearningcoach.com/business/10-great-things-about-online-learning/ Tips, advice and reviews for online learning. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:35:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Connie Malamed http://theelearningcoach.com/business/10-great-things-about-online-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Connie Malamed Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:11:26 +0000 http://theelearningcoach.com/?p=682#comment-188 Excellent points regarding the promotion of peace and development through access to online learning. Also, I like what you have to say about degrees. If people get the skills and knowledge they need to perform a job, will degrees be as important? Interestingly, this may already be happening in the field of instructional design! Excellent points regarding the promotion of peace and development through access to online learning. Also, I like what you have to say about degrees. If people get the skills and knowledge they need to perform a job, will degrees be as important? Interestingly, this may already be happening in the field of instructional design!

]]> By: John Heavner http://theelearningcoach.com/business/10-great-things-about-online-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-187 John Heavner Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:12:21 +0000 http://theelearningcoach.com/?p=682#comment-187 This page was a short, powerful punch! Several thoughts here... Such learning democratization can help promote peace and development, and I see eLearning as a powerful tool for NGO-based outreaches (OLPC, UNESCO, etc.). I'm with you...I think the open-learning movement will shake foundations in our society, including the grip that educational bureaucracies have on us. A welcome side effect of open learning might be that we will witness a slowing of "degree inflation". Forty years ago, a B.S. meant something. Today it's hard to break into a field without a M.S. When OL becomes sufficiently robust and available, perhaps the insanity of ever-escalating degree requirements will be revealed. If a person can demonstrate they have the SKAs to do a job, why should the source of their education matter? Finally, the #1 reason eLearning courses are valuable.... NO MORE BORING TRAINING MEETINGS! What a great post. This page was a short, powerful punch! Several thoughts here…

Such learning democratization can help promote peace and development, and I see eLearning as a powerful tool for NGO-based outreaches (OLPC, UNESCO, etc.).

I’m with you…I think the open-learning movement will shake foundations in our society, including the grip that educational bureaucracies have on us. A welcome side effect of open learning might be that we will witness a slowing of “degree inflation”. Forty years ago, a B.S. meant something. Today it’s hard to break into a field without a M.S. When OL becomes sufficiently robust and available, perhaps the insanity of ever-escalating degree requirements will be revealed. If a person can demonstrate they have the SKAs to do a job, why should the source of their education matter?

Finally, the #1 reason eLearning courses are valuable….

NO MORE BORING TRAINING MEETINGS!

What a great post.

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