By Gwyn Morgan, Troy Media
In 1991, the Smith Commission on Canadian University Education determined that: “In general . . . while a truly terrible teacher with average research ability will not be promoted, the same terrible teacher with excellent . . . research to his or her credit, will be. Many students graduate having accumulated whatever number of courses is required, but lacking a coherent body of knowledge or any inkling as to how one sort of information might relate to others.” Nineteen years later, little has changed. Monopolies don’t change until a competitive alternative comes along. Online learning offers a far superior formal teaching product. What it can’t deliver is teacher-student interaction. This is the competitive response that will make university life better for both faculty and students. Given that the education system is vital to Canada’s future, the payoff would be enormous.
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