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Of course, if I could find the course it would help me answer whatever it is that this post is asking for.

But…let me say a few words about online learning, its strengths and weaknesses. I believe online learning is a banking system, exactly what this course has tried to claim it is not. Input in, output out…Freire all over again. The instructor creates items for deposit in the learner, the learner responds to these deposits with a reinterpretation, expansion, etc. It may not be worse than face-to-face learning, which is also often a banking system, so this isn’t a criticism of online learning, it is a criticism of how we approach learning. On the other hand, in order to have something to explore, it is helpful if people have some beginning knowledge. It is difficult to teach a language, for instance, without teaching letters, basic grammar, a bit of form. It is difficult to invite people into a conversation about leadership without teaching some shared basics of leadership. So. Banking happens. The problem is when there is nothing but banking.