Inspired talk by Richard Baraniuk: Professor, education visionary啟發談話由Richard baraniuk :教授,教育有遠見
Richard Baraniuk is founder of Connexions, a free, open-source, global clearinghouse of course materials.理查德baraniuk是創始人連接,一個自由,開放源碼,全球信息交換的課程材料。 People in some 200 countries tap into its vast store of texts on everything from engineering to ornithology to music, adapting the content as they see fit.在一些人的200個國家打入其龐大的存儲的文本就一切從工程鳥類音樂,適應的內容,它們認為適當的。
What if Napster stocked textbooks?如果Napster的庫存教科書? Engineering professor工學教授 Richard Baraniuk理查德baraniuk talks about his vision for談到他的遠見,為 Connexions連接 , an open-source system that lets teachers share digital texts and course materials, modify them and give them to their students — all free, thanks to Creative Commons licensing. ,開放源代碼系統,讓教師共享數字文本和課程材料,對它們進行修改,並給他們以他們的學生-全部免費,感謝給C reativeC ommons許可。
Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk has a giant vision: to create a free global online education system that puts the power of creation and collaboration in the hands of teachers worldwide.賴斯大學教授理查德baraniuk有一個巨大的願景:建立一個免費的全球在線教育系統,把權力的創作和協作在手中,世界各地的教師。 He’s realizing that vision with Connexions, a website that allows teachers to quickly “create, rip, mix and burn” coursework — without fear of copyright violations.他的實現這一遠景與連接,一個網站,使教師盡快“建立,擷取,結構和燒傷”課程-不用擔心侵犯版權。 Think of it as Napster for education.認為這是Napster的教育。
Connexions’ open-source system cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share course materials, modify existing work and disseminate it to their students — all for free, thanks to Creative Commons licensing.連接'開放源代碼系統削減了教科書,讓教師分享課程教材,修改現有的工作和傳播到他們的學生-所有這些都是免費的,感謝給C reativeC ommons許可。 Baraniuk envisions Connexions as a repository where the most up-to-date material can be shared and reviewed (it’s far more efficient than waiting for a textbook to be printed); it could become a powerful force in leveling the education playing field. baraniuk設想連接作為一個存放的地方,最切合時宜的材料可以共享,並審查了(它的更有效率,比等待一本教科書要打印的) ;它可以成為一個強大的力量在水準教育公平的競爭環境。 Currently encompassing hundreds of online courses and used by a million people worldwide, Baraniuk’s virtual educational system is revolutionizing the way people teach and learn.目前,包括數以百計的網上課程,並使用由全球4000萬人, baraniuk的虛擬教育系統是革命化的方式,教導人們學習。
“[Connexions] is trying to reshape the way academe uses both peer review and publishing. “ [連接]正試圖重塑學術界使用的方式都同儕審查和出版。 The project also has hopes of becoming a major curricular tool at community colleges.”該項目也有希望成為一個主要的工具,在課程的社區學院“ 。
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