*"Edtech platforms are the very definition of Web2 centralization; Edx and Coursera decide which universities or companies can publish courses within its ecosystem. Udemy decides which courses to promote on its home page and which to censor or remove. Teachers Pay Teachers, despite being an amazing platform for educators, still takes a cut from teachers’ sale of their material."*
I think edtech platforms are the best bridge to distributed learning. Online education platforms are the best thing to democratize learning, people from undeveloped nations taking Harvard courses online is great. The idea that centralized education = bad is not really valid.
Your argument lacks an understanding of how businesses are built, people build solutions to problems and have to be rewarded in some way (usually monetarily).
*"Edtech platforms are the very definition of Web2 centralization; Edx and Coursera decide which universities or companies can publish courses within its ecosystem. Udemy decides which courses to promote on its home page and which to censor or remove. Teachers Pay Teachers, despite being an amazing platform for educators, still takes a cut from teachers’ sale of their material."*
I think edtech platforms are the best bridge to distributed learning. Online education platforms are the best thing to democratize learning, people from undeveloped nations taking Harvard courses online is great. The idea that centralized education = bad is not really valid.
Your argument lacks an understanding of how businesses are built, people build solutions to problems and have to be rewarded in some way (usually monetarily).