I have been thinking lately that there is something missing in the free
(software, etc.) community: Tools to educate any person that wishes to
do so without having to dump 5K-40K USA $ a year. Any way, seems to me
that the following will be needed, but if someone has a better idea it
will be great:
Software that enables video recording of lectures, with the highest
compression and facility of use, to facilitate speed of transfer, etc. I
am sure that many educators (such as myself) will be found willing to
record their lectures and similar for this matter.
What happens is that seeing how students are obligated to pay huge
amounts of money (many end up in debt for many, many years of their
lives) makes any person sick. Except of course if you are benefiting
from it and give a s*** about others. Remember the dorm fees, etc.? Not
that they are bad, but they should not be compulsory, if you have where
to sleep. Sleeping is not part of the curriculum. Any way, I am sure
that with time a big warehouse or library of whole careers can be
formed, and perhaps even a free internet university system which gives
degrees in many languages, and which, by the power of its components and
the reputation of its graduates will be able to easy the grip of the
existing educational centers, who have become money sucking machines and
forgotten much of the original intention.
May be it is a US only problem, I don't know. But I thought that the one
of the best places to start was here, in the Debian community, by asking
for (soft-hard)ware expertise.
Thanks,
Antonio.
