[LINK] Hot New Start-up for Teachers

[Tom Worthington]

Tom Koltai wrote:
> Disruptive Education... Crowd Sourced Teaching... 
> Quote/ SkillShare makes everyone a teacher
> Date Founded: April 2011
> Founders: Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Malcolm Ong
> 
> Concept: Crowdsourced teaching (and the teachers make a lot of money).
> Anyone can teach a class in anything they're an expert on. All they have
> to do is find a venue, decide how much to charge "students," and share
> their knowledge ...

That is how education has been operating for thousands of years, apart
from the bit about "teachers make a lot of money". ;-)

For vocational and higher education, the main requirement for a teacher
is to know your subject.

I wandered into the ANU one day, they gave me an office, someone said 
"do you know anything about ... ?" and the next thing I knew I was 
teaching it. Only ten years later am I giving in to the increased 
pressure being applied to get teaching credentials:
<http://blog.tomw.net.au/search/label/University%20Teaching>.

ps: There is an increase in teaching standards as a by product of the 
use of e-learning. If what you teach is online, it is a lot easier for 
your peers, and external auditors, to check what you do. Your work is an 
open e-book.


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