Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Education Revolution: Optimize the Interactive Experience

Last week, MIT and Harvard announced a joint online education project launch called edX and was heralded by David Brooks on the NY Times as how schools envision their futures.  


This effectively raises the bar for the reputation of online education with the participation of some of the nation's top universities.  Everyone is now able to benefit from low cost, high level education courses from some of the smartest people in the world.



Watch the edX Press Conference

This may well be the biggest advancement in human history since the Industrial Revolution....an Educational Revolution changing the way whole generations of people advance in their careers and in their life choices.   Learning, collaborating, and discussing advanced concepts in large and diverse groups can bring a new level of understanding to people who never before were exposed to high level education participation. 


Interactive education offers a tailored environment to people everywhere and can enrich the larger educational environment for all by continually improving the process that we impart knowledge to one another.  This is a great example of optimizing the educational experience in a digital environment.


Who knows what this huge exposition of creating and transmitting knowledge will bring to humanity.  I envision collaborating and problem solving for some of the world's greatest challenges, jobs for those who are jobless, purpose and direction for those who could never envision a better life before.  


Congratulations edX!  I'm excited to see if my ideas for your high quality educational courses prove true.     














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