MOOC Justice?

One of the clearest explications of what's at stake in online education today has been made public as an open letter from the San Jose State University's Philosophy Department to Michael Sandel regarding the use of the EdX MOOC on Justice.

What kind of message are we sending our students if we tell them that they should best learn what justice is by listening to the reflections of the largely white student population from a privileged institution like Harvard?

"The Document: An Open Letter from San Jose State U.'s Philosophy Department," The Chronicle of Higher Education - http://bit.ly/10aXPqW

timothywstanley@me.com

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where I teach and research topics in philosophy of religion and the history of ideas.

www.timothywstanley.com
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