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Monday, December 3, 2007 |
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The iPod lecture circuit
Technology is bringing the ivory tower to big rigs and fishing boats, offering the chance to study existentialism or theoretical physics. Retirees in Long Beach and Weaverville, Calif., halibut fishermen in Alaska, data entry clerks in London, casting agents in New York -- all separated from the classroom by age, distance or circumstance -- are learning from some of the world's top scholars.
"Something revolutionary is happening," said UC Berkeley professor Richard Muller, whose Physics for Future Presidents class airs on iTunes. "A large number of people around the world want more education. They thirst for understanding and knowledge." One e-mail Muller received came with the subject line "Thank you from a grateful sailor in Iraq."
[The Los Angeles Times]
6:50:06 PM 
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