edupunk

=Edupunk=

[|http://futureofless.blogspot. com/2009/08/how-web-savvy- edupunks-are-transforming.html] "Groom, a chain-smoker with an ever-present five days' growth of beard, coined the term "edupunk" to describe the growing movement toward high-tech do-it-yourself education. "Edupunk," he tells me in the opening notes of his first email, "is about the utter irresponsibility and lethargy of educational institutions and the means by which they are financially cannibalizing their own mission." The edupunks are on the march. From VC-funded startups to the ivied walls of Harvard, new experiments and business models are springing up from entrepreneurs, professors, and students alike. Want a class that's structured like a role-playing game? An accredited bachelor's degree for a few thousand dollars? A free, peer-to-peer Wiki university? These all exist today, the overture to a complete educational remix."

[] "Edupunk is an approach to teaching and learning practices that result from a [|do it yourself] (DIY) attitude.[|[1]][|[2]] The //New York Times// defines it as "an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like [|PowerPoint] and [|Blackboard], and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and D.I.Y. ethos of ’70s bands like [|The Clash] to the classroom."[|[3]] Many instructional applications can be described as DIY education or //Edupunk//."

[] Edupunk Battle Royale: a series of video debates. Here is the first one. Quote: "I think the reason edupunk took off as an idea, a term, as a rallying point is when a number of people suddenly said, "You know, I have had enough!"

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