Stanford University
Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and Director of its Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot project; co-founder of Coursera, an online education platform
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Which Way, L.A.?
Can Higher Education Be Democratized on the Internet? Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOC's, began last year when Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun put a class on line.
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Can Higher Education Be Democratized on the Internet? Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOC's, began last year when Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun put a class on line.
Which Way, L.A.?
College Reinvented in the Year of the 'MOOC' If you've never heard of a MOOC, don't worry. Massive Open Online Courses began last year when Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun put a class on line. He quickly enrolled 160,000 students — in more than 190 countries. Now Harvard, Princeton and other prestigious schools are offering MOOC's that reach millions of students worldwide.
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A Chicken in Every Pot and a Robot in Every Home South Korea is so far ahead of the world that it's already writing laws to protect robots from humans. In Europe, " roboticists " are lobbying the government for legislation. Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov talked about human relationships with robots in the 1940's. Now, some people have robotic lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners. Computer…
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