:) My idea is not to replace traditional college, and I am pretty sure some people will always require one in one interaction to be able to learn. My hope is remove the barrier to higher education, the way things are right now anyone who wants to join college needs to invest lots of money and time. It should never be like this and anyone who is self-motivated should be able to have easy access and learn and finish college.
I'm sorry; I didn't mean that you couldn't replace the traditional college experience (I wouldn't want to try it, but I don't see any reason why someone with infinite time and money couldn't), but rather that I don't think any static FAQ, no matter how comprehensive, can replace the need for student–teacher interaction.
EDIT: Also, I whole-heartedly agree with your vision of universal accessibility of education.
but rather that I don't think any static FAQ, no matter how comprehensive, can replace the need for student–teacher interaction.
Good thing you pointed it out. I failed to explain myself better how I wanted the FAQ to work. It shouldn't be static, but rather the quality of the FAQ will get better as students/educators suggests ways to improve/amend existing questions and will be updated accordingly (think moderated wiki). Any single question doesn't need to have one answer, but can have different take on the same question from different people. It can be in the form of videos or Texts. As for the educational resources itself (which will be different from the FAQ) will be made by educators in their respective fields.
Thats the way I was thinking about it, but not the way it came out. Regardless, I agree with you that in-person education experience is unique that can-not be replaces by other means (as far as experience is concerned), but the quality can definitely be improved, when the education resources is fine-tuned for the experience of learning as opposed to the experience of an education institute and everything that comes with it.
I am serious about this and I want this to happen, I am currently working on proposals and fine-tuning my ideas/plans of action to get some funds going to start working on something rudimentary and get feedback on it. Keep your eyes open for me :).
As a teacher, I may have a vested interest in your being wrong; but I think that 'replaces' should be 'reduces' here.