The Future of Open Education at MIT/Harvard

Why I care so much about open education, and what inspired MIT SOUL and Course Texts.

Oct 17, 2023 education Thanks for support and guidance on these ideas from Brewster Kahle, Mary Lou Jepsen, SJ Klein, DC Posch, Adam D'Angelo, Michael Nielsen, and Nate Foss. Introduction In the summer of 2021, I was blown away to find that my European roommate was sharper than I on command line, more original with his mathematical research ideas, more curious with his physics questions, and had a deeper understanding of complex computer systems. I realized this depth came through access to high quality education materials — he had taken a significant number of online MIT courses and read many

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