MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
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Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#2One of my coworkers daughters is affected by this.
The big question this begs:
If there is no refund being offered for the content shifting online from in-person, why have in-person at all?
Is room and board going to be refunded?
If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Edit: Understood that infinite sized classes aren't workable for human intensive grading, interactions, etc.
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#3One of my coworkers daughters is affected by this. The big question this begs: If there is no refund being offered for the content shifting online from in-person, why have in-person at all? Is room and board going to be refunded? If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Edit: Understood that infinite sized classes aren't workable for human intensive grading, inter…
> If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all?
Most assignments are not scored in an automated manner, and the number of staff is not unlimited.
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#4One of my coworkers daughters is affected by this. The big question this begs: If there is no refund being offered for the content shifting online from in-person, why have in-person at all? Is room and board going to be refunded? If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Edit: Understood that infinite sized classes aren't workable for human intensive grading, inter…
At other schools the online offerings for courses can be more expensive than the in-person offerings.
Online doesn't mean that you have unlimited capacity for students. You still need to grade homework and exams, offer virtual "office hours", answer emails.
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#5One of my coworkers daughters is affected by this. The big question this begs: If there is no refund being offered for the content shifting online from in-person, why have in-person at all? Is room and board going to be refunded? If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Edit: Understood that infinite sized classes aren't workable for human intensive grading, inter…
Aren't undergraduate ivy league programs more about signaling status than actually becoming educated?
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#6One of my coworkers daughters is affected by this. The big question this begs: If there is no refund being offered for the content shifting online from in-person, why have in-person at all? Is room and board going to be refunded? If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Edit: Understood that infinite sized classes aren't workable for human intensive grading, inter…
At other schools the online offerings for courses can be more expensive than the in-person offerings. Online doesn't mean that you have unlimited capacity for students. You still need to grade homework and exams, offer virtual "office hours", answer emails.
> You still need to grade homework and exams, offer virtual "office hours", answer emails.
But all of the above can be done by TAs, and do not need a professor. Professor time is much more limited.
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#7Where will students go?
1. Students with financial difficulties or out of state students
2. International students
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#8I expect to see this at more and more universities in the US over the next couple of weeks. I have friends who work in the higher education technology space, and they mentioned that many schools are starting to plan for this.
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#9One of my coworkers daughters is affected by this. The big question this begs: If there is no refund being offered for the content shifting online from in-person, why have in-person at all? Is room and board going to be refunded? If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Edit: Understood that infinite sized classes aren't workable for human intensive grading, inter…
> If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Most assignments are not scored in an automated manner, and the number of staff is not unlimited.
Given the usual university budget and the going rate for overqualified, part-time, and temporary adjuncts, the staff is less limited than one might think.
Remote students and remote adjuncts--what do you need administrators for? Ah, yes, to collect the tuition, attend the luncheons, and issue the credentials.
It would at least put a small dent in the oversupply of Ph.D. holders in some fields.
Re: MIT moves all classes online for the rest of the semester
#10One of my coworkers daughters is affected by this. The big question this begs: If there is no refund being offered for the content shifting online from in-person, why have in-person at all? Is room and board going to be refunded? If courses being taught online is an acceptable substitute, why have caps on admission at all? Edit: Understood that infinite sized classes aren't workable for human intensive grading, inter…
Aren't undergraduate ivy league programs more about signaling status than actually becoming educated?
MIT isn't ivy league and probably the least 'about signaling' school in the US...