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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Digital Students Trapped in Analog Schools

A film by Marco Torres got me thinking...


Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Free online courses from MIT

Many universities are beginning to offer free online courses. MIT has introductory courses in writing, biology, chemistry, computers, electronics, engineering, foreign languages, math, media, music, arts, physical education, physics, social sciences, and literature.

Here is a sample video file from Physics I: Classical Mechanics



Here is a video from Introductory Japanese on how to draw the brushstrokes for a the Japanese character ROKU, meaning Six



Plus there are lecture notes, readings, audio lectures, PDFs and much more. To learn more please visit MIT Open Courseware