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jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:
: 
: Also, we should have a generic pedagogy group for trading experience
: on course design, teaching, tips on designing courses etc.
: 
: //Jyrki

There should also be a forum for exchange and dissemination of advanced 
_learning_ techniques. UU would be a very self learning based environment even 
more so than most universities. Pedagogical techniques are fine, up to a 
point, but if the student has poor learning strategies, or even normal ones, 
they probably won't do very well in this sort of environment. 

I am speaking specifically of accelerated learning techniques, and especially
the role of physiology, mental state, developed concentration, imagery, etc. 
in the learning process. Possibly a course along those lines might be of benefit
as a prerequisite introduction.

Ron.

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In article <1992Aug4.234418.12538@syacus.acus.oz.au>, ron@syacus (Ron Williams) writes:
>: Also, we should have a generic pedagogy group for trading experience
>: on course design, teaching, tips on designing courses etc.

What would be the right name for this?  Possible candidates:

alt.uu.pedagogy
alt.uu.didactics
alt.uu.course-design

>There should also be a forum for exchange and dissemination of advanced
>_learning_ techniques. UU would be a very self learning based environment
>even

At first I thought this could be covered in the
"pedagogy" group, but for people interested only in learning
techniques and not course design, perhaps a separate group would be needed.
What would be the name for this?

alt.uu.learning
alt.uu.learning-tech
alt.uu.learning.misc
(to leave room for alt.uu.learning.books/usenet/etc or some other division)

One possible disadvantage of names like "didactics" or "pedagogy"
might be that as names for established communities they might be seen
by some people to be terms "monopolized" by the established scientific
community and/or too fixed to one (old) viewpoint (witness
sci.psychology, sci.cognitive, alt.consciousness).  Also, it might be
that the term means different things as a name of a scientific branch
in different areas of the world.

//Jyrki

This is kind of an indirect reply to the question.  

But I see a supplement to the email/newgroup approach:
interactive UU.  This is not a far off fantasy, but the software
machinery already exists in the the for of MU*s (previously known
as MUDs).  So what can a MU* do?
	-allow talking (say text strings)
	-creation of rooms and offices
	-creation of software agents that can be
		used to perform calculations, display information
		or other functions
	-MU* servers can connect to other MU*

Some of the simple uses:
	-social interaction
	-small group presentation
	-virtual offices (and objects)

For example you could find me in my office. We could have
a little conversation. Then I could give you copy of
a programming tutorial.  You then could go back to your workshop/studio,
study the tutorial, build a generic windup toy and bring it back
to my office and place on my desk. 
Meanwhile, there could be dozens of other interactions going on
throughout the MU*.

Many MU* are user programmable. This means that the user can
create objects and program behavior into them.

Basically MU* are multi-user environments that come in 
many flavors (tinyMUD,MUSH,MUSE,MUCK,MOO,LPMUD,DikiMUD,CoolMUD,...)
There are a couple hundred known MU* sites throughout the US and
Europe.  Access is through internet. The connect is through clients
such as a simple telnet, to more complex, programmable ones, 
including some that have graphics capabilities.

Its possible that UU could co-exist with some other MU* community.
I would think that a UU server would really be the better way
to go (but requires much more work and administration too).

In article <hxxmq3j.frankc@netcom.com>, frankc@netcom (Frank Crowell) writes:
>Its possible that UU could co-exist with some other MU* community.
>I would think that a UU server would really be the better way
>to go (but requires much more work and administration too).

Other possible media to use with UU are wais/gopher/www servers,
synchronous group communications tools like irc, shared X displays
(are there multicast versions of these?) etc.

This does depart a bit from UU as in Usenet University, as it is not
sufficient to have a Usenet connection but a TCP/IP connection is
required.

//Jyrki

Jyrki says:

This does depart a bit from UU as in Usenet University, as it is not  
sufficient to have a Usenet connection but a TCP/IP connection is     
required.                                                             
                                                                      
//Jyrki                                                               

Which is far too elitist for my Colorado blood.