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Title:

Universities in the "Free" Era

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Organizer:
Glenn Platt, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies, Miami University
Description:
MIT, Yale, Stanford, and others put lectures online. Chris Anderson argues all university lectures should be free. From Academic Earth to TED, it's free. So what is the value-add of a university education? What models of higher education will survive? How will universities leverage the social web to reinvent themselves?
Questions
Answered:
  1. Who was John Houseman?
  2. What resources out there offer the equivalent of a classic higher education experience?
  3. What value is there in today's university?
  4. What does UX/Experience design teach us about what universities should be doing?
  5. How should universities leverage the social web?
  6. What would the curriculum, institutional structure, tuition, faculty, and face of succesful university 2.0 look like?
  7. Which schools get it?
  8. What is interactive about a podcast?
  9. How should industry reposition itself to higher education (and visa versa)?
  10. How can we get there from here?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Community / Online Community, Education, Social Networking, User Experience
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
on 28/8/09
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on what you think might work.
on 1/9/09
Sounds great, I'm particularly interested in how we get there from here!
on 3/9/09
There were lots of conversations around this last year and the panels on education were packed so I hope to see more in 2010.
on 20/10/09
Good idea for a panel. Case studies ARE good. :)
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on 1/11/09
Good idea for a panel.
Love it! Look forward to seeing this in the mix of options when I arrive in Austin!
on 18/11/09
great topic and good info. regards
on 29/11/09
Great stuff Tim. Can't wait to see the presentation.
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