What would keep students awake as they watched their movies? Partly it would depend on the process. Even more so it would depend on the quality of the presentation. Engaging, interesting, encouraging, non-repetitive, informative, world class presentations of relevant materials by renowned experts, educators and celebrities ought to do the trick. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama ought to be able to present a more interesting civics lesson that old Mrs. Daspitt, bless her soul, ever could.

Students shouldn't even be allowed to view a module until they were ready. Then the workshops, homework modules and testing that would follow in the days after they watched a segment should be solid motivation to stay awake. Finally the movies themselves would have to be engaging and at $30 million each they would be. Production values could be high with professional screen writing, actors, stunts, graphics, sound tracks, animation, innovative story lines, etc. Learning could be fun.

Would you organize the segments like traditional classes so that you got an hour of English then an hour of Math or would a different approach work better?. Say a week of English and French and Latin studies during which you compared and contrasted the grammar and vocabulary in order to better grasp our language. Then a European History module which built on the language skills developed the prior week. Studies like math that benefit from frequent practice could be reinforced with daily workshops, weekly module presentations and additional mastery sessions with teachers and tutors.

Or with individual delivery, would it be better to allow all students to progress through the curriculum at their own pace? Or is the group learning experience so important that most modules should be presented in group formats. Is there an optimal mix?

Testing would be radically changed. Much testing could be conducted on a computer (like your driver's license test, or the GMAT). Entering the answer could replace multiple choice. Even in written responses requiring an essay answer the computer could help by eliminating spelling and common grammar errors before presenting the result to a teacher for grading. Of course the computer could be programmed to record or ignore the spelling and grammar errors.

What about elective courses in foreign languages, auto shop, cooking, advanced placement calculus courses and the like? Once the core curriculum is canned and solid these could also be tackled and could certainly be offered by traditional methods until completed.