Update: Coincidentally, Anya Kamenetz just posted an interview in which she briefly compares the student loan situation with the real estate bubble here. When I opened my email the other day, I was greeted by the following blurb from Today’s Campus: The U.S. college-buying public numbers in the tens of millions. Many of them are first-time purchasers. […]
Anya Kamenetz
Should Pandora Have Opened the Box?
A few days ago, I had the following Twitter exchange with Anya Kamenetz: Me: @opencontent @anya1anya Here’s why I fear the university system may be unable to adapt to open education: http://bit.ly/cF0Hby Anya: @mfeldstein67 as a system, probably not. Legacy assets/components? Yes. Roman Empire falls. Rome (city) thrives to this day. Me: @anya1anya Easier to […]
Thoughts On Anya Kamenetz and the Open Education Movement
Many thanks to Cable Green for linking to this interview with Anya Kamenetz: Kamenetz’s recent article in Inside Higher Ed has also been getting a lot of attention, as has her blog, as she promotes her new book DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. I have my copy on order […]