Scott Walker who has a history of devaluing education, is at it again. Scott Walker recently announced a new online degree initiative.
A new self-paced, competency-based program for finishing a college degree online, and ostensibly making college more affordable and accessible, was announced Tuesday by Gov. Scott Walker and two top University of Wisconsin System officials.Sitting in class, learning from highly trained and educated professors, and being able to work and learn from your classmates is yesterdays education model. Today's(thanks to Scott Walker) is one where you can sit at your computer, google as you go, and skipping classes by taking minimum competency standardized tests. (FYI: Most companies who reimburse for college credit, will not honor online college classes).
The new UW Flexible Degree is touted as a transformation of higher education in Wisconsin, and an economic engine to drive up the state's per capita income by producing more college graduates trained for higher-paying jobs.
The new path to a degree will allow adults to start classes anytime, work at their own pace and earn credit for what they already have learned in school or on the job once they prove college-level competencies, UW officials said.
Now as capper likes to tell us, there is always more. Scott Walker justifies it because of his laziness, incompetence and ignorance, letting everyone know that he was incapable of finishing his degree while thousands of hard working Wisconsites have already done the same.
The governor said he could relate to adults seeking to finish a college degree. He left Marquette University his senior year to take a job with the American Red Cross and hasn't finished his degree.Finally, how do we know that this is headed for a complete failure? Steve nASS/Mike Mikalsen endorse it.
"I kept thinking I'd go back, got married, had one kid, had another kid, next thing you know . . . you're worrying more about paying for your kids' college education than you are for your own," Walker said.
Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), chairman of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, supports the new online model, according to Mike Mikalsen, an aide to nASS..
"It's something, frankly, the rest of public universities and the private universities have been doing already," Mikalsen said.
O yes one more thing that is typical to the Scott Walker style of government, Let's quickly pass something then figure it out later.
Mikalsen said the lawmaker was still waiting to see more details about the plan, such as how hard it will be to pass the online competency tests.
"We're all interested to see how that's going to work," he said.
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Get your degree, set your self free, NATIONAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
ReplyDeleteIt's like they say, "whoo-hoo-hoo, it's all been done....BEFORE......"
Here comes Mr. Walker, with another, "wow, greatest thing EVAH" program, looking for something positive to come out of his news reports, er, I mean his public relations companies.
Worst part, is you've got people that will sit in their pews with big wide-eyed gazes as the messiah speaks from the capitol pulpit.
(you know, the one bringing us the saintly job creators!)
There will be some schools that do this correctly and some schools will just sell the degree and not the learning.
ReplyDeleteWe don't actually need more college graduates, we need more people trained in trades: machinists, electricians, plumbers. How about expanding money to technical colleges. But I guess no one wants an electrician who has been trained 'online'.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Scott walker would hire a firm o protect him from the criminal charges coming in the John Doe investigation where all of the lawyers were trained online? He currently is working with three different law firms, im betting noone in any of those firms were trained online.
ReplyDelete"Bricks and clicks" is a term that's frequently used. Quality education that's 100% online imho is incredibly rare. Someone has to verify that the student is the student.
ReplyDeleteVideo conferencing of small groups of students in a seminar with a T.A. makes a lot of sense. The T.A. works with the Ph.D. to see how the students are catching onto the lecture material.
Lectures translate very well to online. Students can pause and replay a section. Testing of vocabulary and some Math concepts likewise translates very well. It reduces teacher time spent grading tests.
Per Anon at 6:43, a lot of things cannot be taught 100% online.
An online competency test certificate will look really good on the office wall. If I were an employer, who would I hire, someone who put the hard work in for a degree or passed an online competency test? Give me a break.
ReplyDeleteThis is clearly an idea that could only come from a college dropout.
A college GED what concept! GED's that I've hired in the past couldn't count change, understand simple tasks. We even had one who thought disposing of hot candle wax down the drain was a good idea.
ReplyDeleteMany industries already have their own sets of certifications.
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