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I feel like there’s a red pill and a blue pill,” he said. “And you can take the blue pill and go back to your classroom and lecture your 20 students. But I’ve taken the red pill, and I’ve seen Wonderland.

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Tenured Professor Departs Stanford U., Hoping to Teach 500,000 Students at Online Start-Up - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via infoneer-pulse)

Wow.

I lean towards doing things pretty traditionally in the classroom, just as I liked them when I was student: long lectures, discussions based on readings, lots of individual writing assignments.

But, this guy, along with all of the pedagogical evidence out there, is making me reconsider.

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    I feel like this is going to be huge. I can’t wait to watch this start-up grow.
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