COURSERA : THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE

I’m quite excited to discover COURSERA, a social entrepreneurship company that partners with some top universities to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.

It was founded by computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Kollerfrom of Stanford University and as it was launched in April of 2012 it is still in its infancy. Most courses don’t begin until 2013.

Time will tell if they can continue to provide these courses solely through venture capital. Logic tells you that sooner or later students will have to pay something but for the moment it seems an opportunity not to pass up.

WRITING FOR ACADEMICS

Show me a blogger, academic or writer who doesn’t identify with this Calvin & Hobbes cartoon and I’ll show you a liar!