Comments on: ‘A Reality Check for Newspapers’ http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2007/05/08/a-reality-check-for-newspapers/ Learning on Your Terms Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Michael Butler http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2007/05/08/a-reality-check-for-newspapers/#comment-19027 Michael Butler Fri, 11 May 2007 04:49:17 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2007/05/08/a-reality-check-for-newspapers/#comment-19027 In language teaching it is not just the individual pieces (learning objects) that are so important (to schools). It is the ability to put the pieces together into a coherent whole (a class or a course). Many Internet sites already exist that offer a range of supplemental materials in a wild form. Indeed, a form of teacher "exchanges" existed even before the Internet. These materials in the wild however need to be tamed. It isn't enough to just publish them. More importantly, in your aggregate world, existing supplemental materials would have to be re-engineered so that that they could be directly consumed by the students without outside professional assistance. These kinds of materials are in the minority at present. In language teaching it is not just the individual pieces (learning objects) that are so important (to schools). It is the ability to put the pieces together into a coherent whole (a class or a course).

Many Internet sites already exist that offer a range of supplemental materials in a wild form. Indeed, a form of teacher “exchanges” existed even before the Internet.

These materials in the wild however need to be tamed. It isn’t enough to just publish them.

More importantly, in your aggregate world, existing supplemental materials would have to be re-engineered so that that they could be directly consumed by the students without outside professional assistance. These kinds of materials are in the minority at present.

]]> By: Lantian http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2007/05/08/a-reality-check-for-newspapers/#comment-19026 Lantian Fri, 11 May 2007 04:04:49 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2007/05/08/a-reality-check-for-newspapers/#comment-19026 VCR - I wish I could buy a VCR in China. VCR - I wish I could buy a VCR in China.

]]> By: Hank Horkoff http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2007/05/08/a-reality-check-for-newspapers/#comment-336 Hank Horkoff Wed, 09 May 2007 04:34:32 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2007/05/08/a-reality-check-for-newspapers/#comment-336 "they want to pick and choose what’s of interest to them, without having to pay for or wade through what isn’t." This sounds somewhat ironic considering WSJ has a million paid subscribers. A good continuation to the debate: http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/contrarian-viewpoint-on-the-future-of-newspapers/ (blocked in China) I am interested in the implications on training media. Are textbook lessons going to be unbundled and commoditized as well? If 'user-generated content' is creating a content flood that is burying professional content, couldn't a 'teacher-generated content' driven social network do the same thing to educational publishing? “they want to pick and choose what’s of interest to them, without having to pay for or wade through what isn’t.”

This sounds somewhat ironic considering WSJ has a million paid subscribers. A good continuation to the debate:

http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007.....ewspapers/ (blocked in China)

I am interested in the implications on training media. Are textbook lessons going to be unbundled and commoditized as well? If ‘user-generated content’ is creating a content flood that is burying professional content, couldn’t a ‘teacher-generated content’ driven social network do the same thing to educational publishing?

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