Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged UofP
The beginning of the end cont…
Feb 11th
Last week I wrote about the beginning of end for schools with the creation and launch of the University of the People that will accept its first class later this year. A University degree for free…or for very little money comparatively. Using free content on the web and a notion that learners can teach each other the university could be the beginning of the end. Maybe not this university, but this is a concept that I think we’ll see others try and build upon. It’s the idea that is interesting to me and that gets me thinking that the end is just More >
The beginning of the end?
Feb 4th
I’ve had this e-mail sitting in my box for a couple of weeks now. I had a look at this when I first got it but took some time today to really look at the University of the People. All I can keep thinking is:
Is this the beginning of the end?
A university uses the power of the social web for true learning experiences and then gives you credit for learning from and with others.
Shai Reshef from Israel is behind the project and in a New York Times interview he lays out what he hopes will be the future of learning.
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