Is Sebastian Thrun's Udacity the future of higher education?

Re:Is Sebastian Thrun's Udacity the future of higher education? by Shenglong on Thursday July 05, 2012 @06:11PM (#4205262)

Often we forget, that "higher education" is just as much about building networks and adaptation, as learning traditional material. You learn what's acceptable, what kinds of people are successful, and what kinds of people you work best with.

You meet the people who are going to find you that dream job. If you're an entrepreneur, you find the people who you'll want working for/with you. You meet the people who'll help you get things done.

The question here really shouldn't be about whether Udacity is a good educational model. It should be about how far it can go - and I absolutely do not believe it is a replacement for traditional "higher education".

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Re:Is Sebastian Thrun's Udacity the future of higher education? by randomdata on Thursday July 05, 2012 @08:30PM (#4205772)

I read somewhere that Udacity's long-term business model is to profit through building those networks. Of course business models can change, but as it stands they have a lot of incentive to provide those foundations, more so than the education itself.

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