Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; o, open-source learning
July 19th, 2009 | by admin |
http://www.ted.com Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world.
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25 Responses to “Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; o, open-source learning”
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
I don’t agree. A …
I don’t agree. A professional musician loves music, of course! That love is so strong, he has no choice but to become a musician. It is a calling! Will he stop making music if he cannot survive doing it? Many will, since it is very frustrating to make music on a lesser level. And the level will drop once you have to do some other job. They loose their chops, so to speak - and they love music too much to bear it! Some will not stop making music, but still their ‘chops’ will suffer!
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Bach was pretty …
Bach was pretty well known in his time and he was very well off. He was paid by the royal court for his work as a composer (and conductor/ performer). He was indeed a great musician and all he did was making music, he dedicated his life to it. This kind of dedication that will not be possible if royalties disappear.
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Unfortunately that …
Unfortunately that comparison doesn’t apply to making music. Making music (either as a performer or composer) is like top-sport.
By InMooseWeTrust on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Look at how popular …
Look at how popular Bach is. Was he this popular in his lifetime? No! He didn’t make much money, and when he died his wife was left behind with nothing. We appreciate Bach’s music because he was a great musician, not because he cared about the posthumous royalties that he would never be able to see.
By InMooseWeTrust on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Look at how many …
Look at how many amateurs are contributing to Wikipedia. They don’t have to be well-trained or get paid generously to do what they do, and the vast majority of Wikipedia writers will write in professional-level quality.
By kingrotty on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Yes boomtao, we …
Yes boomtao, we understand the differences between a amature and a professional. A professional does what he/she does regardless of financial gain, a amatuar thinks about the contents of his bank acount before he thinks of why he chose to do what he does in the first place.
By charliegnu on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
The Future is gonna …
The Future is gonna be so cool!
By mpalin11 on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Great lecture. …
Great lecture. Great lecturer. Highly motivational!
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By reddaygr on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Jamendo artists …
Jamendo artists sound professional and creative to me… some times even more than commercial artists.
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
I don’t understand …
I don’t understand your argument about the ‘less costs and so more income’.
The fact that publishers and such take a large cut from the revenue (after all they do provide a service) does that mean the composer, or musician should therefore better not get anything at all?
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
I am certainly not …
I am certainly not saying that nobody would produce anything anymore. But nobody would be doing it professionally! That will be a loss to the world. Everybody understands the difference between the work of an amature and a professional, right? Everybody seems to think all professional musicians are cashing in, I have no idea where you get that idea from.
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
“One sits on his …
“One sits on his bottom to make a music all day and some other works …”. The enormous amount of time, effort, money, dedication and energy that it requires to acquire the professional skills necessary to be able to write music for an orchestra is staggering! The amount of knowledge and craftsmanship are misunderstood by you! A PhD in music at least equals the same qualification in medicine. Music may, or may not be essential for life, neither is your TV, it has never the less tremendous value!
By fornow100000 on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
you have no idea …
you have no idea how much is going in hospitals. Remeber one thing Todays doctors and dentist are no better than car sellsmen (there are exceptions but!) Health care is a product for sell in this country whether you like it or not. So is the big pharma. They don’t produce to cure. They produce to keep people sick and needing. That s how they make their big bucks. Wake up!
By fornow100000 on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
guyincognito84 …
guyincognito84 perhaps you right, but don’t you think that there is something terribly wrong with the education system in this country? The secret thruth is that they want to make the bottom line. Sure they are intrsted in science and progress but they are not really intrested in educating.
By fornow100000 on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
boomtao- music is …
boomtao- music is not a necessity. I think the author should usually feel pretty humbled and greatful that people are willing to listen or watch his ‘creativite’ things. I think loyalties should be valuntariy if anything. One sits on his bottom to make a music all day and some other works in a lab to come up with a new cure. Why should a musician be paid more? or a foodball player? This is totally messed up if you ask me.
By fornow100000 on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
boomtao are you …
boomtao are you saying that if it wasn’t for the money nobody would produce anything? Why making a movie or a song should bring someone millions in revenew,but the hard non intelectual work of the most should only pay the minimum wage? It’s pretty rediculus if you ask me
By reddaygr on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Musicians can earn …
Musicians can earn a living playing live music / making concerts etc. Also their music can be free for non-commercial use and payed for any other type of use…
Musicians also MUST promote/give away/sell their music through internet. Because they have less costs and so more income. I know when i buy an album for 18-20 Euro that only 3-5 goes to the artist himself. The rest are for publishers, cover artists, distribution costs etc.
Give music to the masses…
By b16mikey on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
How are musicians …
How are musicians meant to earn a living? Are they to be paid for by the state then? Most mathematicians sell there theories in text books and get given grants by the goverment. Until musicians and other creative types are financed by the state then they HAVE to sell their art.
By reddaygr on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Commercialization …
Commercialization made music a product. Music is someone’s expressions using sounds. This expressions does not describe one persone, therefore they cannot defined as protected or personal. Today there is music with art ethics and without… the one without ethics is the commercialized one.
If someone wants to consider himself a true artist then he must not sell his art.
Thats capitalism’s fault. Everything can be bought and selled…
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
There is a …
There is a fundamental difference between idea’s, knowledge and someone’s product. Excactly because of the fact that music affects peoples lives it must be protected!
By reddaygr on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Then, imagine a …
Then, imagine a great, talented mathematician of the past could copyrighting his ideas. Imagine Pythagoras doing this, or Euler. How many aspects of our life wouldnt even exist now? Almost everything…
Knowledge and ideas MUST be open. They are not meant to be selled, they are MADE to be shared, and improved and to be shared again…
…the same goes for music. Music affects people so its natural for people to produce feedback.
By boomtao on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Copyrights and …
Copyrights and royalties are extremely important but are rapitly vanishing! It will be a great loss to menkind. Think of a great composer, or writer who dedicated his life, intellectual powers and talents to deepen and cultivate his abilities and in doing so enriching the world - without royalties and copyrights this will end!!! Music, like the music you enjoy so much (and download for free!) will no longer be produced. It will stop and the world will have to do with the work of amatures!
By ahypnos on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
Mkay?
Mkay?
By morsanmorsan on Jul 19, 2009 | Reply
i didn’t say …
i didn’t say medical advice, but ‘health’. nor did i imply my personal expertise in any way, but besides the point.