HN for college essays
When I was in college, essays were a big part of the curriculum, especially in humanities. IFor subjects like philosophy or history they often made up the majority of the work, learning and assessment. Do any colleges use a HN-like forum for submitting and discussing essays? Would it be useful?
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadIt could be very useful, but if experience tells me anything, it's that getting students to actively use an online (learning) platform of some kind is like pulling teeth. There'd be a considerable amount of feet dragging and gnashing of teeth if it were required to post articles. Just ask students who've had to post in a class forum for discussions. Many just phone it in.
That said, it could work well for students who are very engaged. Or maybe better as a department-wide thing. (That way there are more genuinely-interested students using it. Critical mass and such.)
One thing to consider is how casual Facebook/Twitter sharing, etc. among classmates fills this role to a small extent.