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Udacity: Sebastian Thrun: Self-Driving Education
Sebastian shares his thoughts on the future of education in a Huffington Post piece from January 28, 2014, titled Self-Driving Education. Here's a short excerpt from the original post: The digital era makes it possible to acquire skills and knowledge on-demand, in small chunks, when we need it. Every free hour can now be used to advance one's skills, using our mobile device. Perhaps we can learn while we are passengers in our self-driving cars. This makes this new medium much more susceptible to lifelong learners, who wish to continue to educate themselves throughout their career. Young people love to flock to campuses. But once in a job with a family and a mortgage, taking time off and relocating to a residential campus can be challenging. I venture that digital education will be a game changer. In the US, adults stay in the same jobs for an average of 4.1 years. They assume seven different careers during their lifetime. Digital education will provide education to people throughout…