School of the Air
For me, a MOOC embodies one word: empowerment.
In 1951, the School of the Air was launched in Alice Springs to educate children dispersed across the Australian outback. Suddenly kids with a thirst for knowledge had access to teachers and content, despite their geographical disadvantage.
Today, MOOCs perform a similar function for many more people around the world.
Whether you are a girl in Pakistan who’s too scared to set foot in a classroom, a young woman in Indonesia who can’t afford college, or a boy in San Francisco whose maths teacher simply doesn’t teach very well, you deserve a better education - and MOOCs can provide it.
[Photo courtesy of ABC: www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3419802.htm]
School of the Air
For me, a MOOC embodies one word: empowerment.
In 1951, the School of the Air was launched in Alice Springs to educate children dispersed across the Australian outback. Suddenly kids with a thirst for knowledge had access to teachers and content, despite their geographical disadvantage.
Today, MOOCs perform a similar function for many more people around the world.
Whether you are a girl in Pakistan who’s too scared to set foot in a classroom, a young woman in Indonesia who can’t afford college, or a boy in San Francisco whose maths teacher simply doesn’t teach very well, you deserve a better education - and MOOCs can provide it.
[Photo courtesy of ABC: www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3419802.htm]