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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Andrew Ng
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FROM Andrew Ng
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. 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, leading to visions of broader access to higher education at vastly reduced cost. We hear what it's like to take a college course from a computer and what it's like to teach to a machine instead of a classroom. Will MOOC's count for college credit? Will they still be free? Will rich elites still dominate higher education?
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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. 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, leading to visions of broader access to higher education at vastly reduced cost. We hear what it's like to take a college course from a computer and what it's like to teach to a machine instead of a classroom. Will MOOC's count for college credit? Will they still be free? Will rich elites still dominate higher education?
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. We hear about benefits and the limits of higher education on the Internet.
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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. 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, leading to visions of broader access to higher education at vastly reduced cost. We hear what it's like to take a college course from a computer and what it's like to teach to a machine instead of a classroom. Will MOOC's count for college credit? Will they still be free? Will rich elites still dominate higher education?
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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 scientist Andrew Ng is Director of STAIR , the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot project.
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