The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Is Udacity The Future Of Higher Education

July 09, 2012

Is Udacity The Future Of Higher Education

Educators and policymakers have long dreamed of providing universal, low cost, first-class higher education. Their wish may come true soon thanks to an unlikely source: Silicon Valley. One of the men responsible for what may be an Athens-like renaissance is Sebastian Thrun. Realizing the potential at his fingertips, Thrun launched Udacity, an independent online education company that provides high quality education at low cost to virtually everyone. Udacity offers 11 STEM courses like "Introduction to Physics," "Intro to Computer Science," and "Web Application Engineering" -- all free. I asked Thrun whether his enterprise and others like it will be the end of higher education as we know it. Read more at:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/05/opinion/bennett-udacity-education/index.html

Jul 9, 2012 1:27:00 AM | Distance Learning, Internet Technologies

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