http://derekbruff.org/blogs/tomprof/2012/05/03/tp-msg-1175-the-future-of-higher-education-is-online/
This talk discusses the future of higher education, which
has been based on the same educational model for more than 100 years. But the
status quo is about to be disrupted, by the Internet and those educators --
including new competitors -- who would unleash its potential. Higher education
institutions as a whole have not adequately recognized the threat to the status
quo, or come close to responding adequately to it. In truth, responding
adequately will be very difficult, because higher ed faces a classic innovator's
dilemma.
Michele Pistone guides law students as they evolve from
student to lawyer at the Villanova School of Law. She founded its current
clinical program and is the Director of the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and
Emigrant Services (CARES). Through CARES she and her students provide free
legal representation to asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, unlawful
imprisonment and other forms of mistreatment. Her clinic's clients are
survivors of human rights abuses directed at them because of their religion,
their political opinions, or other beliefs and characteristics that we as a
nation have always sought to protect. Among the clients that she has
represented are former child soldiers from Sierra Leone and Uganda; political
dissidents from Belarus, Cameroon, and Afghanistan; women's rights activists
from Nepal and Kenya; children's rights activists from Peru; and religious
minorities from Iraq; among countless others.
She is a lifetime learner, always curious about other
cultures and ideas, and loves to create anything, from tasty meals, to crafts,
to engaging scholarship.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program
of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like
experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark
deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized
events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED
Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx
events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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