Idea for a college :
All the administration does is maintain a set of rooms and publish attendance stats, which will be useful.
There's no sign up process, no paperwork for students of any sort, and all you have to do to attend is show up and pay a set cost to load a card, which you swipe at the door to any classroom to deduct the price of the class. Teachers can formulate whatever curriculum or learning experience they want : some classes might need you to show up repeatedly, but I think a lot of classes can be one-offs to learn something that day in a particular topic.
The published stats on attendance help people decide on whether to teach that topic - popular topics deserve more teachers, which should expand if rooms are selling out consistently. The school makes its money from some combination of a percentage on the cost of filling the card and the teachers bidding on getting a classroom. No credentials are required anywhere, for anything. If you think you can teach, give it a shot. The students are the market and the market will decide.
The advantage of this over doing videos and posting them online is that real life classrooms work better for motivating students. I know that I am completely incapable of finishing an online class. I've tried it, and despite the topics being very interesting, I just couldn't do it. Both as a teacher and as a student, I need the real human connection. I think that's more common than people realize. Like, Saylor's online school is a great idea, but it simply can't teach the way a real life thing can teach. And I don't believe in "good enough" - if its not the best, there's no point. The point of this idea is to make education maximally accessible and independent, while also creating a space that can be a focal point for community.
I'd also recommend students come armed - if I was running the school, I wouldn't want to pay for guards and cameras and gates and all that stupid shit that you need when you violate people's rights.
#Teaching #education #idea
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