Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning
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http://www.ted.com Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conferenc... Read more
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- -: Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning
January 12, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the ...
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- -: Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
July 14, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.
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- -: Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war
May 4, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com By pulling raw data from the news and plotting it onto a graph, Sean Gourley and his team have come up with a stunning conclusion about the nature of modern war -- and perhaps a model for resolving conflicts. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances...
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