Education : Platforms & Services

Reinvention of University Education 

Factors:

1. Funding Crisis (Student Debt, Rising tuition fees, etc.)
2. Tech Revolution (MOOCs, Big Data, Education delivered through Computers – Cheaper alternative)
3. LifeLong Learning Demands in an age of Rapid Technological Progress

• What Are MOOCs Good For? by Justin Pope [MIT Technology Review]

Economist Report : Reinvention Of University Education

• The future of universities : The digital degree [Economist]

“Three disruptive waves are threatening to upend established ways of teaching and learning:

• a funding crisis
• a technological revolution …  An explosion in online learning, much of it free
• whereas universities used to educate only a tiny elite, they are now responsible for training and retraining workers throughout their careers” 
  • [Note: Rapid Technological Progress calls for Lifelong Learning].

From TIME Summit On Higher Education 2013

• TIME Summit On Higher Education [Time]
• What Colleges Will Teach in 2025
• MIT’s President: Better, More Affordable Colleges Start Online
• What U.S. Needs to Be the Leader in STEM Again

Policy-Makers On Reinvention of University Education

• Bloomberg: Political Meddling and Immigration Policy Real Threat to U.S. Education
• Colin Powell: We Can Fix Education, But Congress Is Failing Us
• Condoleezza Rice: Don’t Give Up On the Humanities

Scientific American & Nature Special Report [2013]: Learning In The Digital Age

• Big Data & Machine Learning
  • Big Data Make Big Inroads Into Schools
  • How Big Data Is Taking Teachers Out of the Lecturing Business

• MOOC
  • Arne Duncan: How Technology Will Revolutionize Testing and Learning
  • Students Say Online Courses Enrich On-Campus Learning
  • Free Online Courses Bring “Magic” to Rwanda

Forbes 2014 Philanthropy Summit On Education

• 2014 Philanthropy Summit On Education [Forbes]

Smart Car

• Singapore Wants a Driverless Version of Uber [MIT Technology Review] 

This electric car, retrofitted to drive itself, is being tested in Singapore.

           

“Singapore plans to let anyone test driverless cars in one of its busy neighborhoods in 2015. 

The city-state will open one of its neighborhoods to driverless cars in 2015, with the idea that such vehicles could operate as a kind of jitney service, picking up passengers and taking them to trains or other modes of public transportation.

the government wants to explore whether autonomous vehicles could reduce congestion and remake the city into one built around walking, bicycling, and public transit.”

Dealing With Climate Change:

Case Study: Costa Rica, Brazil & Indonesia

• Restored Forests Breathe Life Into Efforts Against Climate Change [New York Times]