I’ve cherry-picked the following quote to give you a taste of what awaits you, should you be willing to give Eben a generous chunk of your time.
“So here we are, asking ourselves what the educational systems of the 21st century will be like, and how they will socially distribute knowledge across the human race. I have a question for you. How many of the Einsteins who ever lived were allowed to learn physics? A couple. How many of the Shakespeares who ever lived, lived and died without learning to read and write? Almost all of them. With 7 billion people in the world right now, 3 billion of them are children; how many Einsteins do you want to throw away today?
The universalization of access to education, to knowledge, is the single-most important force available for increasing innovation and human welfare on the planet. Nobody should be afraid to advocate for it because somebody might shout ‘copyright’.”
If you aren’t moved by this talk, your frog is boiled.
“In a way, America itself is violating the Truth in Lending Act. It’s cheering millions of high school graduates toward college every year, feeding them into the debt grinder under the banner of increased opportunity.”
“In a way, America itself is violating the Truth in Lending Act. It’s cheering millions of high school graduates toward college every year, feeding them into the debt grinder under the banner of increased opportunity.”
Georgia Tech, Udacity and AT&T team up to offer the first accredited online Master of Science in Computer Science that students can earn for a fraction of the cost of traditional, on-campus programs.
Georgia Tech, Udacity and AT&T team up to offer the first accredited online Master of Science in Computer Science that students can earn for a fraction of the cost of traditional, on-campus programs.
Stanford to collaborate with edX on developing its open-source platform; the full source code for the platform will be released under the AGPL on June 1, 2013.
Stanford to collaborate with edX on developing its open-source platform; the full source code for the platform will be released under the AGPL on June 1, 2013.
Technology has enabled us to interact, innovate and share in whole new ways. Can this dynamic shift in mindset profoundly change the way we learn in the future?
Technology has enabled us to interact, innovate and share in whole new ways. Can this dynamic shift in mindset profoundly change the way we learn in the future?
This question is posed by a political science professor in a recent essay. Whether you agree with his arguments or not (I don’t), it’s a great article for bringing into discussion what knowledge should be compulsory for all.
This question is posed by a political science professor in a recent essay. Whether you agree with his arguments or not (I don’t), it’s a great article for bringing into discussion what knowledge should be compulsory for all.