The prerequisites and privilege of autodidacticism

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2014 English Publisher:Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)Journal:XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, volume 20, pages 56-59 (issn: 1528-4972, eissn: 1528-4980,

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Authors: Aliza Aufrichtig;

doi: 10.1145/2605002

The prerequisites and privilege of autodidacticism

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The proliferation of free, high-quality online courses has been heralded as a means to democratize education. The real innovations in online learning will be programs that teach the critical thinking required to learn more.

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