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Comment on Web 2.0 and Open Learning by megan b

megan b — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:58:03 +0000

Oops, the MIT open courseware link didn’t get posted:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Comment on Web 2.0 and Open Learning by megan b

megan b — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:56:57 +0000

Yo yo, MIT has a similar setup with a wide range of courses – I worked through some of their Kitchen Chemistry material awhile ago and it was really neat.

I think one of the amazing things that the internet has shown us is just how much people like to share information – even in cases where we’re used to paying for stuff. (Think wikipedia vs buying an encyclopedia britannica; think TED talks; etc). I agree with you guys though – it will be interesting to see how this kind of thing plays out in the future.

Comment on Web 2.0 and Open Learning by Cale

Cale — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:56:17 +0000

I agree, I think there will be some sort of hook eventually. Maybe universities figure a similar thing that happened to the music industry might happen to them so they are trying to get ahead of the curve? This might be a realistic fear, since pretty much any student with a recording device could publish there lectures online anyway. Why not start charging a per lecture fee?

On that note anyone interested in the NCET course – there is a new version starting March 16th (so you can take it in real time) and ask questions etc. Follow that link in the body of the post and sign up soon if you’re interested!

Comment on Web 2.0 and Open Learning by Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:58:59 +0000

I’ve often wondered about this, since I came across “iTunes U”, in which entire lectures from many courses can be downloaded for free. In my experience, no university or college does anything altruistically (nor does a company like Apple), so there must be a perceived hook somewhere. It’ll be interesting to see where this leads.

Comment on MBP St.Paddy’s Day Pub Night 2010! by Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:16:23 +0000

The poster should probably list who to buy the $5 tickets from…

Comment on Top 10 moments of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics by Sam O

Sam O — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:33:43 +0000

Great post Firas! Perhaps the best post yet on this website, must have been the flame and pride of BC that carried you on this one!

Tessa Virtue? Fantastic name!

Comment on Culture And Facial Recognition: More Than Meets The Eye by Sam O

Sam O — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:35:10 +0000

I did…I thought it was spam….why it wasn’t?

Comment on Culture And Facial Recognition: More Than Meets The Eye by Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:46:53 +0000

I don’t know who erased the Jon Bon Jovi comment, but it certainly wasn’t me – I would never censor the greatest singer/songwriter of the 20th century!

Comment on Culture And Facial Recognition: More Than Meets The Eye by Peter Leimbigler

Peter Leimbigler — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:47:49 +0000

Sure thing. If this were real life, I’d break eye contact and say that my question was just me trying to reconcile cultural differences in eye contact with the research results.

Comment on Culture And Facial Recognition: More Than Meets The Eye by Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:35:22 +0000

Sorry – I wasn’t clear in my last comment. I wasn’t saying that eye contact is less common in Asian cultures – I was just making a random example of ‘how’ things could be different between two cultures.