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Peering at the future of liberal education, Eric Jansson predicts that close faculty-student and student-student interaction will remain the core no matter the fancy technology.

Peering at the future of liberal education, Eric Jansson predicts the physical campus will become less the locus of learning than a point within a web of learning environments where engaged and very personal academic discussion spans great distances. Yes, the curriculum will be enhanced with interactive smart classrooms, course and lecture capture, and so on. “But close faculty-student and student-student interaction will remain the core. …Those looking for fundamental shifts in this pedagogical model will be disappointed. Those looking for creative options to organizing, planning, and packaging – or “rebundling” – this style of education are likely to be rewarded.”


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