peri anemon k'ydaton

I have had some time to reflect a bit since the course has ended. For me, a pause after a course acts in the same way as the zoom-out function in a camera. It gives me a bit of a broader perspective and I can better grasp the overall picture. I found topics 1-3 classical with classical approaches as solutions. Some new aspects regarding pedagogy (παιδαγωγία) versus andragogy (ανδραγωγία) seemed a bit more interesting to me, however, it received no more traction other than a mention. The other thing that I found a bit strange regarding the structure of the course, was that it avoided hard sciences. Many of the approaches to pedagogy that were suggested could work on social studies, however, I don’t believe they would work on hard sciences. Perhaps, they could act as a supplement. Just perhaps, although I am not certain of that either. The last topic, topic 4, was the more interesting and more relevant given the times we live in. I think an opportunity was missed to address and discuss some of the changes that AI will inevitably bring along in higher education. I would have liked to have seen some fresh ideas put on the table on the direction higher (or even lower) education is headed in the above context. How ‘we’ fit in and how ‘we’ can adopt it (or reject it).

The ‘university’ is a medieval concept that has remained to this day. For medieval times, the university made sense as it is structured today. It no longer makes sense and this new tool that we call AI will change it. How this change occurs will depend on our preparation to either adopt it or reject it.

I have always been a proponent of open sharing. I try to share usually all the material I teach online (admittedly I don’t have that much). Learning is a collective “sport”. I have used many open source material to learn myself. I usually don’t upload all my teaching material due to time restrictions as it does take an effort for me but also due to the fact that I am not that good of a teacher (or researcher for that matter). I have had the opportunity to be taught by some world class researchers who knew how to teach their element with great insight. It is also clear to me that I will never reach that level of insight to explain a subject as my mentors did. I only teach because I have to. However, it is not good enough for one to want to teach or to love to teach. One must also have the ability to do so, particularly in technical, abstract fields (where ingenuity, intuition, imagination, and the ability to challenge orthodoxical paradoxes are the name of the game). These people we need to convince to share the knowledge free online. Not people like me.

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