Eclectic Technology

While browsing some of the terrific resources at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I happened across a fabulous list of useful links and resources that I wanted to pass on to Edudemic readers.

This list starts with Adult Literacy and ends with Testing and Standards. It is maintaned by the Gutman Library Research Services staff and Harvard, and may become one of your Go To lists when you need to find resources quickly (esp. if related to education).

"Earlier this month, education bigwigs Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology entered what New York Times Reporter Tamar Lewin referred to as an “academic Battle of the Titans,” after announcing their newest partnership, edX, which allows people all over the world to take free online courses offered by both universities."
This article looks at two issues "What is the value?" and “A Moral Obligation" referring to the article that was published in the New York Times 'Room for Debate" that discussed this issue. One quote from the article:
"It is a moral obligation to educate the billions of people in this world who are intellectually starved through no fault of their own."
Will this partnership change the way we view higher education? Will taking online courses provide the same education that one would receive attending in person?