I'm all for the use of non-traditional forms of education. I think that there's a lot of room for improvement in higher education in the US, especially in regards to making it more accessible. However, I think this piece is serves a good cautionary tale as to how it shouldn't be done.
The top comment is from an individual who taught at ITT tech for a while. When he realized that the material provided wasn't very high quality, and started using his own, this is what happened:
> Three classes into the semester the department head sat in on my class to evaluate the new instructor. Class went well and the students were responding but after the class I got chewed out because I had abandoned the textbook. Turns out that making the $125 per student on a useless textbook was more important than the student learning anything useful.
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[ 6.0 ms ] story [ 14.5 ms ] threadThe top comment is from an individual who taught at ITT tech for a while. When he realized that the material provided wasn't very high quality, and started using his own, this is what happened:
> Three classes into the semester the department head sat in on my class to evaluate the new instructor. Class went well and the students were responding but after the class I got chewed out because I had abandoned the textbook. Turns out that making the $125 per student on a useless textbook was more important than the student learning anything useful.