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Former MIT dean Christine Ortiz is building a radical nonprofit research institution focused on the intersection of technology and humanity, to increase college access for underprivileged students.
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Maria Angélica Morales Valencia's curator insight,
October 9, 2016 2:23 PM
Technology and modernization are increased and students are not prepared for this 21st century. Education is obsolete and has not changed over 1000 years. For that reason, Dr Cristine Ortiz is creating a new type of university and education where the principle goals are: focuses on the transdisciplinary interface between technology and humanity emphasizes personalized, holistic and research-based pedagogy employs dynamic organizational structures and a high quality, low cost, scalable financial model, to serve more underserved and underprivileged students.Ortiz want to change the education and this is the firs step to do it.
johanna krijnsen's curator insight,
October 10, 2016 11:21 AM
"What technology does for the first time is allow the student to control time, place, and pace. It doesn't change the equation of higher education, but makes it much more inclusive." [Lambert]
Viljenka Savli (http://www2.arnes.si/~sopvsavl/)'s curator insight,
October 14, 2016 4:23 PM
No doubt about it :)
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