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MISTICA-EN: Educ.: Re: Question for Hartwig

From: Hartwig Stein ([email protected])
Date: Tue Oct 05 1999 - 13:24:44 AST

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From: Hartwig Stein <[email protected]>
Subject: Educ.: Re: Question for Hartwig
Date: 05/10/1999 12:24:44 -0500
Size of the original message translated from Spanish: 2223 characters,
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Keywords: university, Mexico, educational methods, ICT

Abstract:

The advantage of the MHSTI laptops buying policy is that it
guarantees the computer access to every student, reducing the
costs of the institute. On the other hand, it does not encourage
the student's autonomy which depends more on the pedagogy than
on the access to a tool.
The MHSTI policy answers more to economic than to educational
objectives. This is an elitist system, as it excludes students who
do not know how to use ICT, and penalizes the students without money.
If one believes that the computer is indispensable in a virtual
university, it should then be necessary to encourage the students to
buy less expensive computers.

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