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"After a decade of teaching at the university level, David Preston decided to stop ignoring the ills we all know haunt those halls and dropped back to high school. He's now trying to reform a place that desperately needs it. I got the chance to participate in a discussion with his literature and composition classes, thanks to David, Ted Newcomb, and Howard Rheingold, all of whom are hacking education in various ways. I can tell you with no reservations that David is making the difference. I want to keep this introduction as brief as possible and just let him tell you about it. Some men just want to watch the world learn. "

Testing assumptions. - 1:12:00 - open source learning applied.

"Why Open? Why does the principle of "open" matter to education? Lumen Learning cofounder Dr. David Wiley, who has been an advocate and innovator in the cause of open education for more than a decade, explains in this video from TEDxNYED."