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• A comment on Conversation: Is the internet, not formal education, the new great equalizer?

  Oct 7 2011: Thoughts on Dale J. Stevens Uncollege movement? (He was a grade 5 dropout, as well as a college dropout)
  
  http://blip.tv/140confevents/140edu-8-2-11-dale-stephens-5469901

• A reply on Conversation: Is the internet, not formal education, the new great equalizer?

  Oct 6 2011: Interesting perspective Michele, thanks for the input.
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  A reply on Conversation: Is the internet, not formal education, the new great equalizer?

  Oct 6 2011: Hi Desi,
  
  Thanks for the input! I'm in a similar situation in Canada. When there is a multitude of information at your fingertips, I find it hard to have to learn topics out of context (ie. learning about developing countries from a comfortable lecture hall or statistics for research three years before I'd be doing the research).
  
  Take care,
  
  Megan

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  Oct 6 2011: Hi Bridget,
  Thanks for the input. My personal bias is that yes, the internet is the great equalizer, but at the same time, I wanted to start a discussion, because I do see value in "formal education" , but believe the current institutions need some healthy competition and alot of reform.
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  A comment on Conversation: Is the internet, not formal education, the new great equalizer?

  Oct 4 2011: An interesting article pertaining to this conversation. Stanford's Sebastian Thrun is offering his course "Introduction to Artifical Intelligence" free over the internet. Non-Stanford students will get the same lectures, assignments, and exams, but a "Certificate of Accomplishment" rather than a Stanford credit. Does this make you think differently about the future of formal education?
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/opinion/the-university-of-wherever.html?pagewanted=2&src=recg