Shimon Schocken: the self-organizing computer course
November 6, 2012
Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online — giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks — they were surprised that thousands jumped at the opportunity to learn, working independently as well as organizing their own classes in the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). A call to forget about grades and tap into the self-motivation to learn.
Source: TED
Comments (4)
by tstgb123
For ALL of our Youth, the QUESTION remains, how or what SPARKS the Curiosity that leads to the answers of Questionable Discoveries? Watching my 7 year old neice, that spark ALWAYS seems to be the lead of a peer that has discovered a new trick. Regardless of my approach or demeanor, that other little peer ALways seems to work better! LOL
by Vin
Most inspiring and fascinating pedagogy delivered from the heart.
by Marcos Marin
@4:55
I do remember commenting on this very site how nand gates are enough to build a general purpose computing.. but well, one step at a time for you lol
by Marcos Marin
love the ambiguity… I’d like a course on how to build SELF-ORGANIZING computers;-)