11 décembre 2012
Aurelien Mondon, « When the possible death of humanities is a progressive development », Extremism, ID : 10670/1.0j8cke
With Gerhard Hoffstaedter MOOCs (massive open online courses) and more freely available lectures and university content are transforming the education landscape, and alliances between academia and corporations are ever-increasing. But this revolution in education might pose a lethal threat for hardly commodifiable disciplines such as those of the humanities. Hundreds of thousands accessing knowledge for its own sake is even more cause for rejoicing than if they were receiving diplomas, a comm...