Kamyar Ghasemlou• Computer engineering department

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OUTLINE

Benefits of online education• Variety of different sources

• Accessibility

• Fit different learning styles

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Variety of different sources

• Better perspective of subject

• Learn from experts

Learn from experts

"Usually I reach about 200 students and now I reach 160,000…“

-Sebastian Thrun, CNN, (2012)

Sebastian Thrun - Co-founder of Udacity

(Google fellow & A.I. Prof. at Stanford Uni.)

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Accessibility

• Reach students in remote areas

Reach students in remote areas

http://blogs.cornell.edu/policyreview/2012/03/16/k-12-distance-education-the-case-of-rural-schools-3/

 ”..the top 410 students were online. The 411th top performer was a Stanford student.”

-W. Bennett, CNN(2012)

B. Hall, K-12 Distance Education: The Case of Rural Schools (2012)

Fit different learning styles

• Every student has a unique learning style.

“Web-based learning environments permit the instructor to build one course, yet implement a variety of resources, so students can utilize materials in whichever way works best for them.”

-Educational Benefits of Online Learning, Cal. Poly. Uni. (2011)

OUTLINE

Benefits of online education• Variety of different sources

• Better perspective

• Learn from experts

• Accessibility

• Reach students in remote areas

• Fit different learning styles

• Every student has a unique learning style

“we imagine a world where anyone can learn anything from any expert in the world.“

-Eren Bali, Udemy.com (2012)

Eren Bali,Metu Ceng ‘05

Co-founder of Udemy

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Reference list

• Bali, E. (2012, 12 7). From One Room School House in Turkey to $12 Million Series B Retrieved on 7.1.2013 from http://www.udemy.com/blog/democratize-learning-eren-bali/

• Bennett, W. (2012, 7 5). Is sebastian thrun's udacity the future of higher education?. CNN. Retrieved on 6.1.2013 from http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/05/opinion/bennett-udacity-education/index.html

• Educational benefits of online learning. (2011). California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, Retrieved on 7.1.2013 from http://blackboardsupport.calpoly.edu/content/faculty/handouts/Ben_Online.pdf

• Hall, B. (2012). K-12 distance education: The case of rural schools. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Retrieved on 6.1.2013 from http://blogs.cornell.edu/policyreview/2012/03/16/k-12-distance-education-the-case-of-rural-schools-3/

Reference list - AVs

• http://www.studentnewsie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elearning.png

• http://robot.cc/images/SebastianThrun805.jpg

• http://blogs.cornell.edu/policyreview/2012/03/16/k-12-distance-education-the-case-of-rural-schools-3/

• http://justliberty.com/pictures/tSfdWhczw8cR6kFaqtrkNE9zcOR3BCfi.jpg

• http://biografieonline.it/img/bio/m/Muhammad_ibn_Musa_al-Khwarizmi.jpg

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/033-Earth-could-not-answer-nor-the-Seas-that-mourn-q75-829x1159.jpg/412px-033-Earth-could-not-answer-nor-the-Seas-that-mourn-q75-829x1159.jpg

• http://images.udemy.com/user/100x100/1_2fc7_6.jpg

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