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New Equation For Free Education: MITx + HARVARDx = edX
Sun, 06 May 2012 14:12:58 -0700
Just five months ago the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) introduced MITx, an online learning platform offering free online courses for anyone, anywhere to earn certificates in distance coursework. I covered the development in my popular Forbes piece, ?MIT Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All.? Now, according to Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Yahoo! News, Harvard has partnered with ...
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MITx + HARVARDx = edX. The New Equation For Free Education?
Sun, 06 May 2012 14:33:09 -0700
The goal of edX is to "educate a billion people around the world."
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The 5th Annual World Science Festival: Premiere U.S. Science Event Announces 2012 Programming Line-Up
Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:29 -0700
5 Days, 50 Events - May 30th to June 3rd, 2012 - Tickets On Sale NowNew York, NY (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 The 2012 World Science Festival (http://www.worldsciencefestival.com) today announced an impressive line-up of cutting-edge science programs for its fifth anniversary season, May 30th to June 3rd, 2012 with more than 50 events designed to make the esoteric understandable and the familiar ...
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Singularity University: meet the people who are building our future
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:32:33 -0700
Take top thinkers from Silicon Valley and science, mix them with scientists, innovators and philanthro-capitalists, and you've got the Singularity University – on a mission to seek technological solutions to the world's great challenges It's day one at the Singularity University : the opening address has just been delivered by a hologram. Craig Venter , who was one of the first scientists to ...
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Meet the people who are building our future
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:04:50 -0700
Take top thinkers from Silicon Valley and science, mix them with a dose of utopianism and showmanship, and you've got the Singularity University.
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