Date:         Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:40:26 -0400
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From:         Shiwon Choe <Shiwon_Choe@BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Discussion Questions
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In Search of the Virtual Class

The reading for today was Tiffin and Rajasingham's "In Search of the
Virtual Class," chapters 1-3.  Here are some questions and thoughts
concerning the reading and the idea of virtual classes in general:

Will virtual classrooms ever completely supplant "real" classrooms?
Should they?  Is this another case of a shift similar to the telegraph
to the telephone; will virtual classes become the norm and traditional
classes antiquated relics, or is there something about reality that
virtual classes can't duplicate?

Tiffin and Rajasingham state that "education is communication" and spend
most of chapters 2 and 3 expounding on why communication is essential
for education.  Their Zone of Proximal Development and fractal learning
theories simply elaborate this communication model and seem to make no
distinction between the various educational experiences that have been
discussed in class.  Is it correct to say simply that "education is
communication?"