Posted to Monash Weekly (19/3/2012) on 23/3/2012 at 2:44 PM (Not published by Newspaper)
Commenting on "Fed up over Monash Uni campus crawl"
http://www.monashweekly.com.au/article.aspx?id=2491899
Monash University students are opting to stay at home and listen to their lectures online because it takes too long to get to the university by public transport.
Let' see, public transport services will drop in patronage, no new vehicles required, university campus size will shrink, lectures can be recorded and delivered repeatedly rendering lecturers redundant, no employment in university for future graduates, etc.
The futurist gurus predicted in the 60's have finally realised that with advancement in computer technology we would have more leisure time - playing on iPad, doing nothing constructive.
It's like online shopping, the down side is loss of employment. Unfortunately service industry will prosper if other industries can bring home the bacon.
Commenting on "Fed up over Monash Uni campus crawl"
http://www.monashweekly.com.au/article.aspx?id=2491899
Monash University students are opting to stay at home and listen to their lectures online because it takes too long to get to the university by public transport.
Let' see, public transport services will drop in patronage, no new vehicles required, university campus size will shrink, lectures can be recorded and delivered repeatedly rendering lecturers redundant, no employment in university for future graduates, etc.
The futurist gurus predicted in the 60's have finally realised that with advancement in computer technology we would have more leisure time - playing on iPad, doing nothing constructive.
It's like online shopping, the down side is loss of employment. Unfortunately service industry will prosper if other industries can bring home the bacon.
