一位受过教育的企业家出身的慈善家Shai Reshef提出了更为激进的观点。他的人民大学提供免费高等教育,向美国和世界其他地方的穷人推销自己的学校。这所大学利用三种资源来运转:想要帮助穷人的学术志愿者的善意、互联网上可获得的免费课件和社交网络。约2000个学术志愿者设计了课程,使大学有了一些信誉。指导老师们将那些迄今已有 1000左右来自世界各地的学生带到网络课程。老师们同样帮助学生组织学习小组,在远方监督他们,不时加入探讨、进行考试。Shai Reshef额外支付200万的花费,这些钱来自自己的腰包或者募捐。
There are plenty of questions about Mr Reshefsproject. Can you really build a university onvolunteerism and goodwill? Can students really berelied upon to do most of the teaching themselves?Will free courseware remain free?
关于Shai Reshef的项目有诸多疑问。大学能真正地建立在志愿者服务和善意上吗?学生们是否真正能够自己完成那些教学?免费的课件会一直免费吗?
Mr Reshefs university has yet to win accreditation, which could take years. But he can takecomfort from Clayton Christensens classic book The Innovators Dilemma. Mr Christensenpoints out that innovators often start by offering products that are cheaper, but markedlyinferior. Quickly, however, they learn how to improve their offerings. Even if Mr Reshef fails,there are plenty of other disruptive innovators around. In America, one tertiary student in tenalready studies exclusively online. One in four does so at least some of the time, and agrowing number of bodies, including elite universities, think-tanks, governments andinternational organisations, are putting first-rate material online.
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