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Lectures and Wisdom
My friend Dan Ausbury provoked my thought processes by contributing a couple of articles from the New York Times published in the past weeks. The first is “Lecture me. Really.”; the second is “Schools for Wisdom”. I believe they are … Continue reading
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Tagged education, lectures, medium, myths, wisdom, zenofteaching
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Thus Spake Zarathustra-Bill Gates
Thus, He spoke, at last. When asked today (November 2, 2013) by The Financial Times about his thoughts on priority between malaria vaccination and Internet connectivity he replied: As a priority, it’s a joke. […] Take this malaria vaccine, [this] … Continue reading
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Tagged education, humanitarian, internet, open, Web
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Achala, Destroyer of Ignorance
In my recent work trip to New York City, I had a chance to visit again the fabled Met Museum. In this latest visit I had an interesting encounter with a mythical fantastic persona: Achala, the Destroyer of Ignorance. I … Continue reading
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Tagged dualism, education, Learning, mythology, myths, teaching, zenofteaching
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Some more thoughts on MOOCs
The Los Angeles Review of Books just published a debate on the future of the Humanities and the lion’s share was, of course, the idea of MOOC: MOOCs and the Future of the Humanities: A Roundtable (Part 1 & Part … Continue reading
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MOOCs: a Flash
MOOCs. Just a quick thought that occurred to me in a flash of awareness, to add to the post I wrote a couple days ago. Let me begin with saying that I don’t dislike Coursera. I think it is very … Continue reading