Comments on: Hacking education: Google U

By: Censored «

Censored « — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:52:58 +0000

[...] Here’s a link to the article we covered in class – which makes the same point in a more reasoned, less sweaty fashion: http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/03/06/hacking-education-google-u/ [...]

By: typeofgraphic

typeofgraphic — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:44:16 +0000

Google provides a good platform for improving education and there is definitely a new way of doing things. Empowering education with technology is the right thing for us all to embrace, but removing one-to-one personal contact of teachers (and i am talking from the perspective of a teacher in Further Education – post 16 – in the UK) is not the answer to every issue.

There are so many part of the book which are important and inspiring, but it has flaws that i would like to discuss with you Jeff and on my own blog.

By: Tanika Nizova

Tanika Nizova — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:45:52 +0000

There’s such an interesting conversation that I can’t keep silent and would like to express my own opinion.
I think that basic school education in classroom is necessary. It gives you basic knowledge on a wide range of issues. And even if you don’t want to know that the capital of Poland is Warsaw or that rubber is extracted from tree you SHOULD know it. And it’s good when there’s smbd who ask you about it. As for college education – it’s your choice. It’s a road you choose.

By: Blog 10 Week 11 | ALJ301 Multimedia Journalism Blog

Blog 10 Week 11 | ALJ301 Multimedia Journalism Blog — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:25:12 +0000

[...] http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/03/06/hacking-education-google-u/ [...]

By: Estuardo Calderón

Estuardo Calderón — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:37:43 +0000

Doing some research about many topics, I found this chapter very interesting, it inspired me to post it as a big tag cloud. Very fast reading!

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1154545/Google_University

By: Google U « BuzzMachine

Google U « BuzzMachine — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:52:36 +0000

[...] very much in harmony with what I wrote in What Would Google Do? – that complete chapter here. I also gave a talk on the topic via Skype to the Media Education Summit in Liverpool this week; [...]

By: University of the People: Alternative in spe zur klassischen Hochschule? | Leander Wattig

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:20:13 +0000

[...] Jeff Jarvis hat sich in seinem lesenswerten Buch What Would Google Do? auch mit der Rolle der Hochschulen auseinandergesetzt. Schließlich blieben auch sie nicht unberührt von den Konsequenzen der Digitalisierung und des Internets, so Jarvis. Er schreibt: [...]

By: Creative Learning | brianfrank.ca

Creative Learning | brianfrank.ca — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:33:14 +0000

[...] echoes the chapter in What Would Google Do?, where Jeff Jarvis argued that digitization forces universities to develop [...]

By: Bob Wan-Qi Kim

Bob Wan-Qi Kim — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:02:43 +0000

Jeff, Obama just gave Arne $100 billion as an educational stimulus package. Changing the construct of eduction is good. But the content must change too. By that I mean this: http://bit.ly/xGVpy PLS RT -@journik

By: A mismatched education « Focus to Infinity

A mismatched education « Focus to Infinity — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:12:33 +0000

[...] mismatched education We need to hack our university system. According to Jeff Jarvis (of “What Would Google Do” [...]

By: Hacking Education with Authority | Three Old Farts

Hacking Education with Authority | Three Old Farts — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:47:22 +0000

[...] Jarvis of the buzz machine has posted the chapter on education from his book on the post-Google [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:32:30 +0000

There is a college in Kentucky which provides a free education but you also work for the college. Wonderful concept that has worked for years…..

http://www.berea.edu/about/

By: Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:14:16 +0000

In 1860 – 1930’s most folk relied on lots of dubious reference books to better themselves – now we expect large chunks of our population to go to public institutions to get “higher” education. Self help books and websites still about.

The model is flawed and I agree with direction of travel suggested here – but we still need to do our bit to ensure that not too many of our global citizens are fleeced by the be a journalist is 10 days type programme.

The bit that most countries and those who fund systems at moment have not got yet – is that the curriculum is a global one – local ones are no-longer meaningful, rich or deep enough. For the older institutions if the product is not as strong as the brand customers will move on.

In last millenium best universities were in Moorish Spain – times change

By: Education Hacks - PSFK.com

Education Hacks - PSFK.com — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:00:12 +0000

[...] Jeff Jarvis: “Hacking education: Google U” [...]

By: Can Wikipedia Teach Students How To Write? « Advocate’s Studio

Can Wikipedia Teach Students How To Write? « Advocate’s Studio — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:51:18 +0000

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By: Dorian

Dorian — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:12:19 +0000

one more thing: on research, crowdsourced. Are you familiar with Innocentive?

http://wemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/papers/gc/ifocos_wm_innocentive.pdf

By: James

James — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:17:23 +0000

This very well may be a stupid question, but for the argument popping up that higher education should be free and unstructured, what occupations would be immune from this argument? And why?
Aside from that, I’m all for looking into a university overhaul. But it seems to me that the structure and forced focus that a university (and all schools) provides would still be needed for most people.
After all ,it’s aimlessness that is a root problem for many children (and adults). For all the people who can be tossed into the ether of the Internet and thrive, how many will do pursue nothing but idle activity? The question matters because their productivity and contributions — or lack there of — affect us all eventually.

By: Dorian

Dorian — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:07:33 +0000

I enjoy reading this more than on my Kindle — where I bought the book.

Better screen, more manipulabiilty, comments that add value, links …

By: Larry Hiner

Larry Hiner — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:51:16 +0000

These are great comments and discussion threads! What will the university of the future look like? Will the culture of university resist or embrace the capabilities presented by new technologies? Is there some blend of traditional classroom (or at least F2F encounters) that complement instruction and information gathering on the web? I think the answers are: “remains to be seen;” “who knows?;” and, “I certainly hope so.”

Do I want to have life-or-death surgery performed by someone who was trained by Google? I think not.

By: Larry Hiner

Larry Hiner — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:45:47 +0000

I have no financial or personal interest in Google, and I am an apologist neither for Google nor the Chinese government. But, do recognize that change – especially from a totalitarian state to an open democracy – occurs gradually. Without having been privy to the negotiations between Google and China, I would say that the result – a censored Google, if you will – is better than no Google at all; which is likely what would have occurred if Google did not comply with the censorship.

Will China Google ever be completely open? Will the Chinese government ever be willing to openly discuss their dark chapters? Will history never be revisionist in some form, everywhere? Perhaps those are goals to which we all aspire.

By: Timo Heuers Weblog » “Who needs a university when we have Google?”

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:06:26 +0000

[...] diese Veranstaltung auf seinem Blog ein Kapitel seines Buches “What Would Google Do?” publiziert, das “Google U” heißt. Darin fragt er: “Who needs a university when we have [...]

By: Mike Manitoba

Mike Manitoba — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:51:35 +0000

Exactly, J. We need to stop paying educators and consultants for hoarding information that rightfully belongs to us. Enable, encourage, or get out of the way.

By: J Bonilla

J Bonilla — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:59:50 +0000

Education should be free, having a paper hanging on your wall does not seem to imply much, so why does it cost so much. Even with the knowledge that a paper hanging from your wall says “we have”, It is really not a matter of what you know, but who you know. With that said, we all in a sense learn from each other. I see no reason why we have to pay such a high price for knowledge that can be learned on the internet with the click of a mouse.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:28:23 +0000

Re: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
I and many others I talk to know home schooled children to be there because they are either in families that travel a lot, are working children like child actors, are involved with a religion that would make the parents want to keep them at home, or don’t mix well with other kids.
Those are some stereo types, but for me I think it’s more beneficial for a child to attend a private school that the parents like better than a public school.
There are many work programs for students in school. I agree that an apprenticeship program is VERY beneficial to obtain work experience which I see as very valuable. Sometimes more valuable than classroom time.
What are we missing out on by home schooling? Can we be assured that the proper amount of human interaction will be there? How can we be sure that every parent is properly testing and teaching their children without bias?

One thing that is very important to mention here is that it’s very hard for me to argue this point when our government school are so bad.

I personally don’t find a good home school program bad, but I just worry that there is room for error, but then there goes that distrust factor. And who’s to say we’ve never had very bad teachers.

So, never mind Sheryl, I think you win this one! haha

I will say that since physical education, foreign language and the STEM courses (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) are all so bad in government schools – which is so scary because they are the most important – then if we can be sure that home school programs are producing the best results in these areas we can be sure that home school programs will rise above government schools and gain support exponentially.

We’ve got a government in China that is focusing on these skills big time, while at the same time leaving their citizens with very little freedom of press or speech. There is a huge imbalance there in the wrong direction.
If we could get our country on track to becoming the best in foreign language, physical education and STEM learning then with our Freedom of Press and speech along with our economic style we could be the true leaders of the world again and pay off this debt very fast.

By: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:02:03 +0000

Actually homeschoolers are sought out by colleges and universities because they are self directed learners. My kids didnt have any problems getting into colleges when they looked at their SAT scores and read the recommendations. None of the kids I homeschooled (in addition to my own) have had a difficult going either.

There is a segment of homeschoolers that are looking more closely at apprenticeship (just like those who helped found this country) as a viable option for a successful career.