Blog 8

In class we watched a short film about the Automatic Professor Machine. The APM could be used an example of distance learning. This film also showed how our society is becoming dependent on technology and how fast our world is moving. The APM lets you take courses at your own speed allowing you to do four years of college in as little as a few weeks. The APM is an advanced form of distance learning, that does not look as effective as learning in a classroom.
The APM in my opinion could be compared to a diploma mill because it does not give you the essential learning enviornment needed. A program like the APM could be useful in some cases but will never replace learning in the classroom. It would never replace it because of the stages of learning mentioned by Borgmann. The last two stages need to be taught by a master to get the full understanding.