[MURG] Re: MURG digest, Vol 1 #159 - 3 msgs

[cat13 at illrepute.org]

cat13 at illrepute.org writes:

> "Randal A. Koene" <rak at minduploading.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi Sivanand,
> > 
> > In principle it sounds like a good idea. It would certainly advance the
> > exact type of research that is necessary and it is a plan with continuity.
> > It is also quite large in scope though, so I wonder what it would take to
> > set up something like that. Does anyone know what previous founders or
> > founding organizations of educational institutions have done to set
> > something like that up?
> 
> I do not.
> Assuming no one else does, either, I at least have a little bit of experience
> with training organizations, so the first things that come to my mind are
> setting up annual workshops and offering courses online.  If we were to start
> something thusly, we would not be able to do any R&D until we'd grown into
> a year-round physical-world educational institution.
> Who would want to participate in, say, a one-week or two-week workshop or
> take some sort of online course?  The former I can imagine, because I've seen
> neuroscience conference advertisements, but I can't think of a market for the
> latter.

It just occurred to me that Cliff Notes is a successful enough company that
they've spawned competitors.  Maybe something similar for neuroscience students
would have at least a little bit of potential.  Maybe neuroscience and
neurology students would pay a web site with information to help them understand
their course material.  This would be a market for the latter idea.
The difficulty is, if it is successful, it would be driven out of business by a
company which provides the same thing but generalized - not just for neuro
students, but for all common disciplines.
I am not able to find anything like this online.  There are a host of earn-your-
degree-online sites, but those are not the same.