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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.02,0:00:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the first generation of people that work, play, think and learn differently than their parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.17,0:00:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the first generation to not be afraid of technology. It’s like the air to them." - Don Tapscott
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.51,0:00:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything looks bigger than life when you are five.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.83,0:00:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So everything was big, everything was strange, and I remember feeling a bit scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.46,0:00:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like many children, I remember my school years fondly but the bits I remember fondly aren't
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.72,0:00:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bits I should have remembered.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.34,0:00:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the play and the sport and the naughtiness and the playfulness and the mischief.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.92,0:00:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I remember the bits that were non-standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.68,0:00:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an incredible privilege for me to have had education be such
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.30,0:00:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an important and present part of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.77,0:00:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember being bored a lot. It didn't bring out the best in me, I got through it anyhow.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.82,0:01:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't a great fit or the system wasn't a great fit for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.32,0:01:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of crazy when you think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.53,0:01:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we take all these children and we force them to try to adapt to this really complex
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.02,0:01:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bureaucracy system, the system should adapt to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.05,0:01:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The origins of traditional education lie inside the military, to a large extent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.23,0:01:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They needed identical people; soldiers, administrators, and so on, so they produced this system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.80,0:01:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the industrial revolution happened they do wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.19,0:01:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identical people in their assembly lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.85,0:01:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even with consumers, they wanted consumers to be identical
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.10,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that everybody would buy the same things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you look at school that way, if you look at the fact that we process twenty or
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.03,0:01:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thirty kids at a time, in a batch, just like in the factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.71,0:01:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the fact that if you fail third grade, what do you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.58,0:01:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hold you back and we reprocess you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.06,0:01:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All matching with the factory works, we built it on purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.29,0:01:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was really useful for its function.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.69,0:02:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we don't have a shortage of factory workers any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.67,0:02:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are probably at the death of education right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.01,0:02:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the structures and strictures of school, of learning from nine till three,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.33,0:02:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on your own, not working with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.80,0:02:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's dead or dying. And I think learning is just beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.66,0:02:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.12,0:02:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had ADD when I was growing up, like so many people now do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.63,0:02:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's this feeling that there is something broken about the kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.86,0:02:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the kid doesn't conform to the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.02,0:03:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we do is we medicate children to fit into the system, as opposed to saying;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.45,0:03:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wait, the system is here for the kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.02,0:03:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are lots of people who can quite easily sit still for eight hours
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.03,0:03:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take notes, and then two weeks later say back
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.34,0:03:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they wrote down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.21,0:03:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is also this huge population of extraordinarily talented
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.20,0:03:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and engaged people who can't learn that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.76,0:03:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a very big difference between accessed\Ninformation and school,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.08,0:03:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they used to be the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.84,0:03:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Information is there online to anyone of the billion people who have access to the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.49,0:03:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what that means is if we give access to a four year old or an eight year old or a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.60,0:03:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twelve year old, they will get the information if they want it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.06,0:03:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing something is probably an obsolete idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.43,0:03:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't actually need to know anything, you can find out at the point
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.78,0:04:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you need to know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.15,0:04:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the teacher's job to point young minds towards the right kind of question.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.54,0:04:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A teacher doesn't need to give any answers, because answers are everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.38,0:04:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know now from years of measurements that learners who find the answers for themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.54,0:04:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,retain it better than if they're told the answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.54,0:04:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education is being very slow to look at data, to look at numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.52,0:04:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look at analysis and what's actually happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.04,0:04:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We measure a test here, and an exam there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.56,0:04:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the details of what's happening we don't really have.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.82,0:04:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That will be, for sure, the next important thing in our pockets,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.04,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ability to analyze wherever you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.00,0:04:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the people watching this will already be analyzing their health
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.07,0:04:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their wellbeing and their sport.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.53,0:04:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will be analyzing their learning too soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.03,0:04:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we'll be really good at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.50,0:05:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knewton is a data-mining and adaptive learning\Nplatform
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.44,0:05:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows anybody, anywhere to upload content.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.04,0:05:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could be a publisher, an individual teacher, or anything in-between.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.43,0:05:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And produce a course that will be uniquely personalized to each student based on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.00,0:05:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what she knows and how she learns best.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.46,0:05:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The textbook of the future is going to be delivered on connected devices.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.02,0:05:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What that means is the incredible amount of data that students have always produced,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.06,0:05:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they studied, are now capturable and useable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.40,0:05:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Knewton and any product built on Knewton can figure out things like; you learn math
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.70,0:05:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,best in the morning between 08:32 and 09:14 am.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.01,0:05:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You learn science best in 40 minute bite sizes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.01,0:05:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the 42 minute mark your click rate always begins to decline, we should pull that from
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.29,0:05:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you then and move you to something else to keep you engaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.06,0:05:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That 35 minute burst you do at lunch everyday you're not retaining any of that just
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.02,0:06:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hang out with your friends and do that stuff in the afternoon instead when you learn better.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.01,0:06:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You learn this stuff best with short questions;\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.01,0:06:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this stuff best with complicated, difficult questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.06,0:06:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should return this type of material to you four days later for optimal retention.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.05,0:06:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's exactly the things you're going to struggle with your homework tonight because
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.08,0:06:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you haven't learned some of the concepts that are embedded in that material.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.57,0:06:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can go in real-time and grab you the perfect little bit of content, from last month,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.09,0:06:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or last year, and put that seamlessly in front of you so that you don't struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.92,0:06:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can predict failure in advance and prevent it from happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.94,0:06:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to move from this kind of alienating and in some cases boring and in some cases
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.98,0:06:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frustrating model of everybody gets exactly the same stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.67,0:06:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're getting it at the exact same time, the exact same order,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.58,0:06:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the exact same difficulty level.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.84,0:06:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For half of the class it's too hard, for half of the class it's too boring.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.92,0:06:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to get the most advanced kids, the most stimulating material.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.02,0:06:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to get them to unlock their potential in a way that they're not today.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.20,0:06:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for every kid, no matter how much you are struggling, you've got a path to success.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.64,0:06:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might take you a little longer, but you'll have a path to success no matter what.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.03,0:07:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also the system gets smarter and smarter as more people use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.06,0:07:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strategies compete against each other to be replicated in the next generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.70,0:07:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the strategy that is the most effective for you,\Nonce we find that;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.64,0:07:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any kid in the future will have that strategy teed up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.70,0:07:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a whole new thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.72,0:07:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the automobile was invented people weren't asking for the automobile
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.06,0:07:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were asking for faster horses.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.39,0:07:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people aren't really asking for Knewton because they don't know what it is yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.59,0:07:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once they see it and experience it then they'll get it right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.33,0:07:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE SHIFT IN KNOWLEDGE
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.54,0:07:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People say that education moves very slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.01,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly you just need to be connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.00,0:07:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That changes everything; it changes the basis on which you can make a contribution,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.04,0:07:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your brain can make a contribution at a distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.63,0:08:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one thing to sit here in the media lab and talk about the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.35,0:08:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often go into places that are about as different from a media lab as it can get.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.07,0:08:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think to myself; what's the value of all my ideas over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.79,0:08:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, there is one great hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.82,0:08:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever I go, the very first thing that I ask, or I take out my phone to check for,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.88,0:08:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is; do I have that little bit of bandwidth to give me GPRS,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.22,0:08:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something equivalent to that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.52,0:08:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the middle of jungles I find that sometimes it says connected
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.92,0:08:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know then that everything that I'm saying can go anywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.08,0:08:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and work exactly the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.06,0:08:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a question of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.28,0:09:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CONNECT TO LEARN
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.93,0:09:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connectivity is actually opening up the world. If you open up a village, for example Bonsaaso,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.03,0:09:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the students can actually now communicate with other students, say in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.81,0:09:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means they start seeing the world in a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.74,0:09:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Educate a youth, and you educate a nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.06,0:09:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connect to Learn is a partnership between Ericsson, together with AF Institute
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.07,0:09:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Columbia University, and the Millennium Promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.04,0:09:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's twofold, it provides scholarships to girls, and Connect to Learn gives students
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.53,0:09:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computers and connectivity and shows them how to use it, and how to get information.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.93,0:09:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education was limited to what the teacher could tell the students, and the teacher was
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.01,0:09:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relying on a small textbook, or those few books,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.30,0:09:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the teacher was not getting very exposed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.69,0:10:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you are able to access a lot of information and the children start chatting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.44,0:10:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and exchanging information, you can see that there is much more things for them
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.76,0:10:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk about because they feel like they are more exposed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.03,0:10:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the children are more confident.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.53,0:10:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have the energy, they have quite a lifespan\Nahead of them
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.49,0:10:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are about to start thinking bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.04,0:10:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you bring connectivity to them, they are actually able to do transactions and they
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.01,0:10:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can start small businesses, which will uplift them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.01,0:10:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'd say it's actually opening up our villages, our country, and the whole continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.51,0:10:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're rolling it out in as many countries as possible in Africa, and also in South America.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.34,0:10:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has the potential to be upscaled to any country.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.74,0:11:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A FLAWED SYSTEM?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.92,0:11:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way we solve interesting problems is we fail and we fail
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.04,0:11:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we fail and we fail, until we succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.71,0:11:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you've talked to people who have succeeded, what they almost all have in common is
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.03,0:11:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they've failed a hundred times before they succeeded.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.57,0:11:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what separates them, from people who aren't successful, isn't that they succeeded,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.39,0:11:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that they failed more that the other people did.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.57,0:11:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure it's okay for the schools to say; we have to optimize,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.54,0:11:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to process as many people as we can to match this testing regime.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.01,0:11:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't imagine, in a world where you sit down to do an exam and you ask yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.01,0:11:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question; I hope there are no surprises on the exam paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.00,0:11:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your teachers think; I hope I prepared him for everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.71,0:11:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would that prepare you then to go out into a world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.83,0:11:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everyday is going to surprise you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.08,0:12:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's full of the surprises of the economy, of society,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.98,0:12:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of politics, of invention, of technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.40,0:12:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyday is a surprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.07,0:12:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning prepares you to cope with the surprises, education prepares you to cope with certainty,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.45,0:12:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.09,0:12:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The teacher stands between the child and the formal education.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.01,0:12:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trying to make the child face that system.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.01,0:12:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And until that system breaks down, or disappears, she has an incredibly difficult job of keeping
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.10,0:12:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the child's curiosity alive, while at the same time saying; listen, by the time you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.04,0:12:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are sixteen, you'll have to start memorizing certain things, so that you can go and sit
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.10,0:12:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the examination, clear it, and get out of school properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.01,0:12:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one I know takes standardized tests for a living.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.04,0:12:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why are we using standardized test to see if you are going to be good when we don't
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.05,0:12:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have standardized tests after you take it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.06,0:13:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's infected the entire marketing eco-system of education, because famous colleges are
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.08,0:13:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,famous because they are picky about your SAT scores.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.05,0:13:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents want their kids to go to a famous college.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.04,0:13:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents push their school to create kids who will get into
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.08,0:13:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a famous college by doing well on the SAT.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.04,0:13:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All which is corrupting the entire reason we have education in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.59,0:13:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can get parents, and teachers, and kids, and administrators, to have this conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.02,0:13:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just talk about it, then if at school board meetings, or if, at ten year reviews the questions
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.71,0:13:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are asking are not; how did your students do on the SAT.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.00,0:13:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead we say; the SAT makes no sense, famous colleges are a scam,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.34,0:13:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to create a different thing and we can have this conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.08,0:14:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then change will start to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.08,0:14:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coursera is a social entrepreneurship company that enables the best universities to take
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.07,0:14:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their best courses and put them out there, so that everyone around the world with an
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.07,0:14:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet connection can benefit from having access to a great education.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.00,0:14:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As of today, which is the end of September we have 1.5 million students from 196 countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.02,0:14:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a little debatable how you count countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.06,0:14:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have 195 courses from 33 universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.04,0:14:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our larger courses have an enrollment of 130,000, our smaller courses have an enrollment of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.90,0:14:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only about 10,000, of course they're still growing, most of them haven't launched yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.10,0:14:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A medium class, when it launches, has about 50- 60,000 students registered.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.06,0:15:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scale is interesting because it allows us to offer a high quality product at a very
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.15,0:15:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,low marginal cost per student, which is what allows us to take people who really can't
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.33,0:15:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay for an education and to provide them a free education.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.83,0:15:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education for free at the highest quality because the costs are so low per student.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.34,0:15:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The student experience in Coursera is that the course starts on a given day and each
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.53,0:15:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,week a student has access to numerous pieces.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.52,0:15:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One piece is video lecture, and it's interactive videos, you don't sit there for an hour just
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.00,0:15:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching video, you get to interact with the video.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.90,0:15:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is rigorous meaningful assessments of different kinds,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.06,0:15:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just multiple choice but real exercises with real depth.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.00,0:15:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is a community of students that you get to interact with to ask questions
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.04,0:15:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have those questions answered by your fellow students.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.07,0:15:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that you get both a better learning experience via peer teaching as well as a social experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.01,0:16:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you feel like there is a community of learners surrounding this intellectual activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.03,0:16:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People often ask us whether universities are a thing of the past, whether universities
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.02,0:16:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to die out, and I definitely do not think so.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.09,0:16:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is something tremendous about getting\Npeople together in a place
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.01,0:16:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where serendipitous interactions can happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.02,0:16:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where you can have face-to-face mentoring between an instructor and students
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.00,0:16:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where students can talk to each other, and create together, and learn to debate ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.10,0:16:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this on-campus physical experience at the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.01,0:16:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has no virtual substitute that is equally effective.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.89,0:16:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our goal here, and I think one needs to be pragmatic about this, is not to equalize necessarily
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.04,0:16:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opportunity of students who currently don't have any access, and make it equal
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.78,0:16:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what a fortunate Princeton student might have.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.08,0:16:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that might be a really worthy goal, but it's not something
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.07,0:16:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can necessarily can achieve in the short time frame.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.08,0:17:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we'd like to do, is we'd like to bring both of these up to considerably better than
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.03,0:17:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they are now, even if they don't end up being equal.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.84,0:17:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we've improved a lot, of both the on-campus students, and the ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.01,0:17:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who currently don't have access, I think we've done an amazing thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.00,0:17:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me explain how revolutions work.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.05,0:17:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Revolutions destroy the perfect and then they enable the impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.42,0:17:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They never go from everything is good to everything is good.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.07,0:17:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of noise in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.06,0:17:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we look at the music business; first it destroyed the record label business, the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.04,0:17:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And only now is it enabling independent musicians\Nto get heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.05,0:17:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education tends to move in stairstep functions, in terms of change,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.02,0:17:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when it does change, it explosively changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.01,0:17:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The move from pre-printing press to post-printing press is a one-time transition
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.05,0:17:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in history of the world, in terms of education.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.06,0:17:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Online education is going to be like that as well. And we want to make sure that,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.08,0:18:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a species, the human species gets it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.01,0:18:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the revolutions that we're going to see is where less and less of education is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.03,0:18:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a conveyer of content, because that is going to be a commodity, and hopefully
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.03,0:18:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that's going to be available to everyone around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.06,0:18:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot more of what we think of as education is going to go back
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.00,0:18:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to its original roots of teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.09,0:18:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the instructor actually engages in a dialogue with the students and helps them
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.08,0:18:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop thinking skills, problem solving skills, passion for the discipline.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.10,0:18:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kinds of things that are much easier to do in a face-to-face setting and a lot harder
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.06,0:18:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do in an online format, but for which, really the college experience, as we know
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.01,0:18:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it; that it the right place where you'd like to put that kind of development of skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.06,0:18:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what I want to see from schools is; get kids to want it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.04,0:19:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Create an environment where kids are restless until their need for information is satisfied.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.07,0:19:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I get a question right, I get immediate engagement. I think the teacher has to step
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.92,0:19:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back and say; today's topic is this. Open your notebook and figure it out for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.05,0:19:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we need are teachers who will look people\Nin the eye, and believe in them,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.00,0:19:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and push them forward, and it's hard to do that on the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.03,0:19:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really needs to be done in person.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.00,0:19:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Schools decide to be better because they see children being better.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.04,0:19:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And teachers... what does it say on teacher's t-shirts?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.10,0:19:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says: 'We're in it for the outcome, not the income!'.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.00,0:19:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teachers are there because they can see the change in their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.03,0:19:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you add up every child in history, more children will leave school
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.00,0:19:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the next 30 years, than they've ever left school in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.01,0:20:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I was going to make one change, I'd make their schooling just a little bit better.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.02,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that would change history faster than anything else.