FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Higher education -- for all -- via the web

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: September 28, 2009 12:36:39 PM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
>
>
> The beginnings of this utopia are already here -- and the issue will  
> be getting more people to wean themselves from infotainment.  
> Education is one form of consumption that improves both individuals  
> and societies -- and not just corporate bottom lines!
>
> Harvard is about to have a popular political science professor go  
> public on PBS. According to Christopher Shea's description of  
> Michael Sandel's interests and forthcoming book, this should be a  
> great learning experience. For humanists, the concern with values  
> and ethical issues will prove central.
>
>         
> http://chronicle.com/article/Michael-Sandel-Wants-to-Talk/48573/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en
>
> Union Theological Seminary has put online a course in <Christianity  
> and the U.S. Crisis>  taught by Gary Dorrien, Serene Jones, and  
> Cornel West
>
>         https://www.utsnyc.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1330
>
> Note that you are immediately linked to iTunesU, where you can  
> subscribe to/download all 34 sessions of this course. While such  
> offerings may be termed <podcasts>, they do NOT require an iPod, but  
> may be watched on your computer screen.
>
>         http://www.unionpodcast.org/tutorial/index.html
>
> Now take an even fuller look at this new education world, via this  
> larger tutorial on iTunesU
>
>         http://www.apple.com/education/guidedtours/itunesu.html
>
> Bob