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The self-organizing computer course

Shimon Schocken · TED

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About

Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online -- giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks -- they were surprised that thousands jumped at the opportunity to learn, working independently as well as organizing their own classes in the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). A call to forget about grades and tap into the self-motivation to learn.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2012
Speaker
Shimon Schocken
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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