May 28, 2012

Singularity University Video Archive

Singularity University is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies in order to address humanity’s grand challenges.
Our mission is to assemble, educate and inspire leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies in order to address humanity’s grand challenges. A number of exponentially growing technologies will massively increase human capability and fundamentally reshape our future. Our academic institution brings together participants and faculty to study these technologies, with an emphasis on the convergence among different technologies.
Singularity University takes a diverse, multi-disciplinary approach to teaching the impacts and opportunities of exponential change and grand challenges through the following 10 tracks: 

Technology Tracks: 
AI & Robotics
Nanotechnology
Networks & Computing Systems
Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
Medicine & Neuroscience

Resource Tracks:
Futures Studies & Forecasting
Policy, Law & Ethics
Finance, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Application Tracks:
Energy & Ecological Systems
Space & Physical Sciences
May 27, 2012

LibriVox

LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. The LibriVox objective is “to make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet”.  LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

In April 2012, it had a catalogue of over 5,400 unabridged books and shorter works available to download and produced on average 90 audiobooks per month. Around ninety percent of the collection is in English, although LibriVox recordings are available in 33 languages altogether.

February 16, 2012

Online Education Database (OEDb)


We’ve compiled the Online Education Database (OEDb) to help ambitious students and prospectives find the most convenient, valuable and relevant education programs to fulfill their academic and career objectives. Adults going back to school in pursuit of a higher degree, high school graduates curious about starting a college program, and nontraditional students in search of online education options are all welcome to survey our comprehensive reviews and rankings of online colleges and degree programs. Picking the perfect school is easy.

Start by comparing online colleges or by exploring the types of academic programs and degree levels these schools offer, in fields like engineering, business, the arts and humanities, and health care, plus many more. Our OEDb Library will guide you in your school search and will help you understand the unique dynamics of online education — how it works, who it serves, and how it can help you build an invigorating, lasting career.

Visit the Rankings page and database for information on the best accredited online colleges and universities cross the country.

January 3, 2012 • 12 notes

UoPeople - TUITION-FREE ONLINE EDUCATION

University of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition-free online academic institution dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The high-quality low-cost global educational model embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring university-level studies within reach of millions of people across the world. With the support of respected academics, humanitarians and other visionaries, the UoPeople student body represents a new wave in global education.