In another fantastic TED video, Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions: a free global online education system that allows educators to rapidly create online courses that can be shared with students all over the world.  Read more about it here.  Richard talks about the benefits for “shut outs” - those who are otherwise denied access to higher education as students and as teachers.

Filed under: Accessibility, Learning and Teaching Resources, Open Education by Agnes Bosanquet