Revolution in Education....

Today is Thursday....

I am really interested in new innovative models.  I have been living inside a University trying to understand how to use of innovation  within its walls.  One thing that I have discovered in my very short time is that it is not an easy task.  The barriers shocked me, but it is being done in other places in higher education.



Innovation is more than thinking about how do we fit into the box that we are given, but more of how can we move outside the box.  I love hearing people who talk about innovation and feel that they are innovative because they can stretch a dollar or lay people off just to save money on the bottom line.  We call that poor management not innovation.

Seeing the world of innovation, look at a new trend from Harvard and MIT.  They have decided to give education away for free in a new partnership called edX.  This might be the most exciting news in knowledge and teaching in the world in the last century.

"This morning two of the top universities announced a collaboration that signals they are taking the latter path: MIT and Harvard are each pouring $30 million into a nonprofit partnership edX, which they hope will make the top-notch faculties and courses of their schools available for free to millions of people around the world — free for anyone with an Internet connection."


Based on this idea, a lot is going to change.  That is the one certain thing.  I am very interested in your thoughts at how we move from the current "in the box innovation" to the rest of the word....


Jeffrey