{"id":22907,"date":"2011-09-06T10:03:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T14:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=22907"},"modified":"2011-09-06T10:52:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T14:52:01","slug":"the-floating-university-a-great-resource-for-lifelong-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/09\/06\/the-floating-university-a-great-resource-for-lifelong-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"The Floating University — A great resource for lifelong learners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Great Big Ideas delivers the key takeaways of an entire undergraduate education. It’s a survey of twelve major fields delivered by their most important thinkers and practitioners. Each lecture explores the key questions in the field, lays out the methods for answering those inquiries and explains why the field matters. It is an effective introduction to thinking differently, and a primer in the diverse modes of problem solving essential for success in the 21st century.<\/p>\n

A wide range of subjects are covered including Psychology, Economics, Biomedical Research, Linguistics, History, Political Philosophy, Globalization, Investing and more. Within each topic, we will discuss the most current, innovative ideas in the field, dissect them, and look at how they impact not only the world-at-large, but our own lives as well. How does Demography predict our planet’s future? How is Linguistics a window to understanding the brain? What are the fundamentals of successful Personal Finance and Investing? Each of these lectures will be presented by top experts from top institutions around the country.<\/p>\n

Two example lectures:<\/em><\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/strong>
\nI post this not because I believe they have the world’s best educators — they may or may not.<\/span>\u00a0 But rather, I post this to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Provide a great resource for those who love to learn<\/strong> — i.e. lifelong learners<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. To show another example of<\/span> the disruption that technologies \/ the Internet bring to higher education.\u00a0 Such technologies bring affordable, new models and\u00a0 learning opportunities into the higher ed landscape in a big way.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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