A colleague of mine at the library pointed out a fantastic article in September's issue of Fast Company called Who Needs Harvard? (issue not yet online at time of posting)
It brings up some interesting discussion points about the nature of education today and the relationship between learning and education and learning and information. Given the immense amount of information widely available today to people of all backgrounds and situations, it is natural that the nature of how that information is accessed and disseminated is different. Take for example the OpenCourseWare Consortium, an international group dedicated to making university courseware available for free to internet users. Essentially, one can audit university level courses from institutions all over the world, on virtually any topic. One of the major players in this new learning strategy is Massachusetts Institution of Technology, a widely reknowned American university that has been making its courseware available online for several years.
In terms of a learning economy, what does this mean for the value of university undergraduate education?
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