University Doesn’t Get IT

Here’s an example of a University doing the very thing that will inhibit their students from taking risks and thinking. Toronto’s Ryerson University has threatened to expel a student for setting up a study group on Facebook. Can you imagine? I’m almost at a loss for words. This is so silly and short sighted. Actually it is a perfect example of the administrations ‘theory of business’ (which in this case also betrays their theory of learning and their theory of knowledge). Schools are based on control and compliance and use fear to motivate. That is exactly what the culture created by high stakes testing does. It is the exact opposite of what I would want in a culture and in a learning environment. 

Canadian university faces off with digital generation
By Natasha Elkington
Thu Mar 20, 3:02 PM ET
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian university has instilled a culture of fear by threatening to expel a student for cheating because he set up an online study group on Facebook, critics said this week.

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