tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3240719132377590602..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Leftovers Edition (11/26)Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-35704281789419506052017-11-26T15:27:09.852-05:002017-11-26T15:27:09.852-05:00"Computer systems are poorly built, badly mai..."Computer systems are poorly built, badly maintained, and often locked in a maze of vendor contracts and outdated spaghetti code that amounts to a death spiral. This is true of nothing else we buy." The writer is talking about security vulnerabilities in general, but when it comes to education, the very product itself is flawed, mediocre, and works badly. In no other area would a software vendor get away with it. My mind is continually boggled by how bad a job education software does in educating. If Facebook or Microsoft provided systems that performed as poorly as Pearson, they would go out of business. Consumers would abandon them by the billions.<br /><br />Additionally, educational software, CBE, etc. has an Achilles heel. One that programmers will never overcome. Kids want to be taught by real people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544213160574214282noreply@blogger.com