六年前,当读博士和找工作两种选择摆在我面前的时候,我会毫不犹豫地选择前者;但时至今日,我想这将会是个艰难的选择。
即使在校内GPA排到5%以上、TOEFL和GRE双满分、ACM获奖、在国际SCI期刊上发过paper,你都未必能在世界顶尖的学术殿堂——耶鲁大学深造;退一步说,即使有就学的机会,每年四万美金的学费也会让不少人望而却步;但是在今天,互联网为每一颗平凡的大脑提供了同样公平的机会,只要你
听说过“耶鲁、哈佛网络公开课”……
金融时报中文版对耶鲁大学公开课的评论:“如果大学的使命是通过研究创造知识,通过教学传播知识,那么以互联网为载体,突破地域和时间限制,向更广泛的人群撒播知识,应该是大学的终极使命了。值得留意的是,在免费网络高等教育中开先河的,都是著名的私立大学。也就是说,在这些大学里就读的大多数佼佼者们,都必须付出高昂的学费;而这些宝贵的免费网络资源,也不是免费得来的。耶鲁的每门网络公开课,都需要三到四万美金的制作费,这些钱大多来自休利特(Hewlett)基金。
该网站宣告,虽然公开课的目的并不是“复制耶鲁教育”,也就是说尽管资源丰富,在线学习公开课的学生,既没有同学,也无法和教员保持密切联络,更不能参加任何耶鲁考试以此获得任何学分,但耶鲁公开课程始终以“质量保证”作为准则,所有公开课程几乎都是本就在耶鲁校园广受欢迎的“好课”,教授也几乎都是在本领域颇有建树的专家。这个秋季,耶鲁的网络公开课将增扩至36门,正是耶鲁四年前创建网络公开课时的预定目标。”
我浏览了一下开设的课程大多不是具体的技术,而是一些诸如哲学、博弈论、文明史、诠释死亡等思想上的盛宴,也许在校方看来,相比来说,这些科学是“更加没有国界的”……
具体的视频、pdf讲义、中文字幕都可以在verycd上下到,也可访问耶鲁教学的主页:
http://oyc.yale.edu/
早上从余杭坐车到杭州,在mp3或笔记本里听听诺贝尔获奖者的授课,有一种身临其境的感觉,不是一般般的爽;只可惜高铁速度太快,13分钟就到了,真实意犹未尽,也许是该搞台ipad的时候了
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