I'm trying to square two things that happened last week. The Nellie Mae Foundation issued a great report called Making Mastery Work: A Close Up View of Competency Education (MMW), a visit to 11 cool schools.
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The startup world is seriously displeased with the status quo in higher education. Brainworth, a scrappy startup out of Australia, is the latest to throw its hat in the ring, taking a novel approach.
"The subject which Brainworth’s founders know best, and where they plan to focus their initial lessons, is computer science with an emphasis on artificial intelligence. Students will arrive at the online university and stipulate a specific goal, such as “learn artificial intelligence.” From there they will be given a range of basic to more advanced tasks to complete and can choose a starting point commensurate with their abilities." Via k3hamilton Delete the scoop?
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