> 'diverted' into these admittedly very important practical aspects and away
from
> some of the underlying beliefs and educational philosophy that is
reflected in
> the manifesto. >
In reply to Vivien -
I think most people would share the underlying philosophy hence the lack of
controversy!
My concern was that people developing these systems focus initially (as we
did) on
the underlying educational needs, only to find no-one has planned in advance
for a budget for the
additional computers, support staff, training etc, and the experience of
Canadian Universities
outlined by Tony Bates underlines this as a factor in the failure of
netowrked technology to meet expectations in some quarters.
(PS I am neither technical nor practical as my ex colleagues (KW?)
will attest - but have been forced to recognise the impact of such practical
factors on the
educational potential of these systems in other projects)
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