According
to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, if you fast-forward a decade, classrooms and
lessons might look a little different.
Today, classes are too big. Lessons
are taught the same way to dozens or hundreds of students -- each of whom has
different learning style. Technology can, and should, change that, Gates
argues.
"Being there physically doesn't
add much value," he said. He believes the days of big lectures with
hundreds of students gathering in university classrooms may be numbered. Gates
envisions a college of the future in which students watch lessons online,
delivered by the brightest minds in the field.
"If you want the very best
lectures, if you want the cost efficiency, you have to break down and say, 'you
know, let's take someone else's material," Gates said. With the money
saved from hiring professors, resources could be poured into labs and study
groups. Gates' idea is one of many visions for the quickly transforming education
system in the world.
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