Introductory Quotes
As I organize the material for the workshop (and check, and double check that the laptops are ready for the hands-on breakout sessions) I realize the importance of the introduction--setting the tone for the day. There are two quotes that are crucial to the larger theme of the workshop. We'll talk about them on Friday, but here they are.
If you teach him to read "It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master..." These words sank deep into my heart, stirred up sentiments within that lay slumbering, and called into existence an entirely new train of thought...From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom.
--Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 6
from http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Douglass/Autobiography/06.html
In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
-- Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition
If you teach him to read "It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master..." These words sank deep into my heart, stirred up sentiments within that lay slumbering, and called into existence an entirely new train of thought...From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom.
--Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 6
from http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Douglass/Autobiography/06.html
In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
-- Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition
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Your second quote on the page is so relavant to me. I had received my MBA in 1984 in information systems, and quickly realized thereafter how computer "illiterate" most accountants were, at that time. In fact, most older accountants did not WANT to learn anything about computing in those days. Later, I would get a degree in Accounting (at NJCU, in 1993). Then in 1999, when I came to NJCU, I realized that the momentum for a new way of teaching online also revealed the same kinds of resistance I had seen more than 10 years before.
I would not dream of teaching ANY university course without the WebCT platform (also available at Kean Univ.) Thank goodness for that training!
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