On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com>wrote:
> I’m so ambivalent about this and MOO in general. From the standpoint of > learning, it offers many advantages, including training many more people > who don’t have the resources to attend a college or university (notice I > said training, not educating). From a social standpoint, there are so many > intangibles to be gained by spending time face-to-face with other knowledge > seekers (wow, does that sound idealistic). Eric Bonabeau (BiosGroup Paris and founder Icosystem) joined on as Dean of Computational Sciences at Minerva. Interesting to me is that while the courses are online, students are required to study together and live in residence facilities. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/minerva-schools-at-kgi-names-deans-of-computational-and-natural-sciences-231555771.html http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/minerva-start-up-college-hires-academic-leaders/48205 http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/the-radically-experimental-university-minerva-schools-of-kgi-slideshow/bonabeau-minerva-project-smiles-during-meeting-san-francisco-photo-060227588.html
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