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Comment author: James_Miller 05 December 2015 04:23:58PM *  3 points [-]

lectures are generally a terrible format.

I used to think this, but I now suspect that this is mostly just for "our kind." The failure of online education to replace traditional lectures might be because typical college students gets something significant out of live performances. It's also probably related to why video conferencing hasn't replaced live conferences.

Comment author: entirelyuseless 05 December 2015 08:41:29PM 1 point [-]

I think a big reason people are uninterested in video conferencing is the fact that eye contact does not work correctly (if you look at the other person's face, the other person does not see you looking at them.)