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Friday, March 15, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/03/2002031501u.htm Philosopher's Critique of Online Learning Cites Existentialists (Mostly Dead) MICHAEL ARNONE ...Mr. Dreyfus, a professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, specializes in phenomenology, the study of how people experience the world. In On the Internet, (Routledge, 2001) he argues that the Internet's promise of extending and improving human interaction through the digital medium isn't everything it's cracked up to be. He specifically criticizes distance education -- which offers the possibility of learning without the physical presence of a building, instructor, or other students -- as an overhyped, misunderstood trend that could backfire and result in worse education, not better....
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