Video: Salim Ismail on Singularity University

Salim Ismail describes Singularity University, the new academic institution that assembles, educates, and inspires students who will drive technology advances as applied to our biggest issues today. Challenges include adequately providing value and depth of content in 10 weeks, and looking ahead to choosing the best way to scale such a model.

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Video: Victoria Maizes on Teaching Integrative Medicine

Victoria Maizes of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, shares her goal of transforming medical education with innovative programs, including the new Integrative Medicine in Residency program. The online-only, 200-hour curriculum brings integrative medicine as required coursework to residencies across the country.

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Video: Tim O'Reilly on Education as an Open System

Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly Media describes the changing model in government from a money-in-services-out vending machine to the platform idea. How can this work for education? Change the mission from delivering courses to creating services that help teachers build and deliver learning opportunities. Open standards breed innovation.

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Video: Liz Coleman on Bringing Back the Generalist

Liz Coleman looks at the fundamentals of education and the folly of specialization. The idea that human beings can only be interested in one thing to complete a serious education is bizarre. The model of the expert prevents placing the great challenges of our time at the center of the curriculum. We must provide a totality of resources to enable radical innovation.

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Video: Tara Lemmey on A Common Language

Tara Lemmey, CEO of LENS, kicks off the DGREE Summit and calls for a common language among educators and technologists. LENS — global innovators who practice large-scale thinking and who shape new markets — apply themselves to crafting a new vision for higher education. And the first imperative is to create a fluency that allows real and meaningful dialog so the work can begin.

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