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Lies.... (fwd)
a list of popular misconceptions......
Christopher Gwyn
gwync@ruby.ils.unc.edu
5602 Lockridge Rd.
Durham NC 27705-8099 USA
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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 13:03:14 -0500
From: "Neal, Ed" <emneal.ctl@mhs.unc.edu>
To: learn@listserv.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Lies
Steve Gilbert's 11 BIG LIES
(about information technology in education)
1. Information Technology is the (easy) answer.
2, Educational uses of information technology are a passing fad.
3. Most worthwhile information is available on the World
Wide Web.
4. All that's available on the World Wide Web is
disorganized, unverified information.
5. Faculty can be replaced by new applications of
technology.
6. All effective teaching relies on face-to-face
communication between teacher and student.
7. You'll be satisfied with your personal computer for
several years.
8. The newest technology will be easier to use and more
reliable than what you're used to.
9. Being there doesn't matter. (Media reductionism.)
10. "Let them eat cake." (Have/have not gap doesn't matter.)
11. "School's out." (Schools, campuses don't matter.)
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Ed Neal (ed_neal@unc.edu)
Director of Faculty Development
Center for Teaching and Learning
Campus Box #3470
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3470
Ph: (919) 966-1289
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more a race between education and
catastrophe. H.G. Wells
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