"The edupunks are on the march," observes this article (that generated some hall conversation yesterday). "From VC-funded startups to the ivied walls of Harvard, new experiments and business models are springing up from entrepreneurs, professors, and students alike. Want a class that's structured like a role-playing game? An accredited bachelor's degree for a few thousand dollars? A free, peer-to-peer Wiki university? These all exist today, the overture to a complete educational remix." The author is reportedly lurking at the Open Education conference, which means we may see some more mainstreaming of the ideas floating about around here.
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