Tools of Ignorance bent to the task at hand guy,
I like your explanation of goals and moving levels of achievement as a
substitute for standards. That helps me think a bit more like you, in making it
work better, by redesigning some of the components, rather than starting
over from scratch, the whole educational enterprise.
Similarly, your use of the word clients, instead of customers, and your
explanation of the distinction you make. You mentioned that before, and now
I think I understand you much better. Yes, somehow the client needs to
invoke some clarity about learning goals and methods and ways to evaluate
the usefullness of various online activiities in those areas.
I wonder how that will work? Maybe if people think of learning as something
they want for their own reasons, then it’s possible they will apply some self
evaluation as to effectiveness of various available learning tools, and in
effect, discipline themselves… maybe you’ve hit on a key point, that if adults,
or children, see themselves as customers, then it doesn’t work.
Sometimes a customer is very diligent about evaluating what he or she is
shopping for, but doesn’t expect to have to do much learning after purchase?
This sounds like a Henry Youngman joke…about marriage…
There’s certainly a lot of customers out there on the web.
This needs more thinking. I don’t grok it as yet.
