Monday, August 24, 2015

Daphne Kohler on Pervasive Learning Opportunities - Andrew Trounson, the Australian

Reskilling and upskilling will become­ lifelong pursuits in a ­technology-driven future, forcing qualifications to become “bite-sized” with “just-in-time” delivery, according to one of the world’s pioneers in the global phenomena that is free online learning, or Massive Open Online­ Courses. “The role of learning will be pervasive in everyday life,” said Daphne Koller, a Stanford mathematics professor who completed her masters degree at 18, but who switched direction in 2012 to co-found one of the world’s biggest MOOCs, Coursera, in 2012. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/bite-sized-qualifications-future/story-e6frgcjx-1227486079111