The End of College Education?

Recently, I wrote about how anyone can use Khan Academy to obtain a top class math education from the basics to advanced calculus. The handwriting is now on the wall for over-priced college education. Just as the Internet has been a great equalizer for independent journalism, it is now poised to do the same for education – even college education. Sebastian Thrun, a prominent Standford professor is aiming to do just that. This Forbes article describes his vision for a college degree available for only $100 that anyone anywhere in the world can obtain.

His education initiative Udacity is now online. You can see the course offerings here. While it doesn’t offer many courses yet, his vision is bold, and he has the credentials to make it happen. While online learning has been with us for awhile, a major stumbling block has been certification. That obstacle will soon be overcome, and Udacity may just pave the way.

The other major innovation by Udacity is integrating the course material into real world problems and their solutions. Instead of long, isolated, boring lectures, you actually work on a project as part of the course, learning what you need to know along the way. Some of the introductory computer programming courses have you build such things as search engines and the fundamentals of a browser.

You don’t have to wait until certification is available to start taking advantage of these wonderful opportunities for learning – they are free and couldn’t be easier. Give it a try today.

Please share other online learning opportunities in the comments.

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  1. Posted December 7, 2012 at 12:37 am | Permalink

    Your blog End of College Education is too good. Really it’s very difficult to forget the college life.

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