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Re:Udacity to offer entire CS curriculum, certifications to ... by derektc on Sunday February 05, 2012 @05:21PM (#3555481)
Taking the big tests at third party testing centers should be the way to go.

However, I would like to point out that an university does not merely comprise of lectures. The research projects, internships and even the interaction with peers cannot be recreated online. Traditional universities still have an edge over this.

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Re:Udacity to offer entire CS curriculum, certifications to ... by learc83 on Sunday February 05, 2012 @09:25PM (#3555953)
If enrollment was high enough, local meetups for some classes would go a long way towards solving this problem.

What I would like to see eventually happen is for learning and credentialing to separate.

I'd like to see a university that was more freeform. What if instead of just offering 4 year degrees, you could take a 6 month AI program, or a 3 month probability and stats course.

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