02-06-2013, 09:16 AM
(02-06-2013, 06:26 AM)Don Dresden Wrote: Not perfected yet?
Is it just me or does it seem like a barely understandable third world accent is a prerequisite to a PhD these days?
Has it occurred to anyone that these MOOC courses (or attempted courses) might have more value if the students actually could understand the profs?
And perhaps we should work out the bugs before we put it online?
Are there no squared away English-speaking Americans left in American higher ed?
Quote:PhD 2005, Ohio University
MEd 1988, University of Washington
BA (Education) 1987, Seattle University
BA (English) 1985, University of Washington
So she's been in the US at least since 1981, and most of it in the Northwest and Midwest. Somehow she managed to pick up a southern accent but still not lose the burka-babble singsong. Are they sure she isn't some sort of Al Qaeda plant assigned to destroy the US higher ed system?
