Higher Education vs. Technology

Technology vs. Higher Education Big Change is happening now

About ME• 20 year-old student at UMaine• Homeschool/Private/Technical Education background• Online Marketing (SEO, PPC, Lead Gen @ www.lukethomas.com)

You See….

Maine is uneventful

The Food is GREAT Image by: Man Pikin

Quality of Education?….not so much

What can I do about it?• Cry• Complain• Throw a tantrum• Move• Use Technology to Learn

Over My Lifetime (20 yrs)• The Internet emerged• Google began indexing pages• Mainstream use of computers (PCs)

College Grads and Debt Source: Think Progress

What should I do? Source: CNN

Why are we Complaining?

Information is Accessible

Instead of This… Source: Visual Photos

We have This…. +

Access to World-Class Instruction• Stanford Online Classes• MIT OpenCourseware• Yale Courses• Harvard Open Learning FOR FREE

NO Geographical Limitations

Pace• Pause, Rewind, and Review (Video)• Individualized Curriculum• Fast-Paced Learning (If Desired) Source: Enterprise Irregulars

Are we really underprivileged?

Or just Lazy?

Technology has turned the tables..

From being Spoon Fed: Source: Dana’s Kids

To Personal Motivation Source: Motivated Kid

Follow me: @lukethomas14

Higher Education vs. Technology

by Luke Thomas on Jan 29, 2012

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