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Education. It’s what I think about, and it’s pretty much all I write about. Whether it’s in social networks, my professional life, an academ…
"We are often discussing education – free and open access - as an essential element that defines our culture. We are demanding it and flocking to it. This surprises me. It isn’t new. In 2001, MIT announced MIT OpenCourseware. By 2008, there were enough Open Educational Resources (OER, and most specifically lectures from Universities online) for Richard Ludlow to start Academic Earth. Academic Earth was a free compilation of the lectures and materials offered at no charge, online. They’ve been there. The ability to watch exactly what we watch in a classroom on a screen has been here for a decade, from many of the best instructors, free of charge. Bandwidth has been our only limitation, as well as discovery and the knowledge that these resources were available."