A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
The aim of open online massive courses is to provide instruction similar to what students can get in a traditional college atmosphere, only more cheaply and conveniently.
Why would you pay thousands of dollars to sit in a university lecture hall as a professor drones away in front of bored students when you could instead take some of the world’s greatest courses online? For free?
Continue reading… “Is the traditional university lecture dead?”
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YouTube user bengraphics created this montage of film clips from the past 100 years, demonstrating the evolution of cinematic special effects.
Continue reading… “Video Montage of the Past 100 Years of Special Effects”
College too expensive? Try YouTube. It might seem counterintuitive to look for higher education alongside Avril Lavigne music videos, but the video-sharing site has become a major reservoir of college content.
Continue reading… “College Too Expensive? Attend Classes On YouTube”
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This is a very funny combination of performance art and a prank on a teacher in the middle of a college lecture. Words after the jump.
Continue reading… “Funny Lecture Prank”
