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The Digital Renaissance

THE DIGTAL Renaissance The Renaissance in the 14th century changed the way that people saw the world. With more information available online than ever today, we may be in the midst of a digital renaissance. HISTORICAL Renaissance Early 14th century to mid-17th century. Age of geographical, science, cultural, and music breakthroughs. Chain of Being Idea that there was a hierarchy of things on Earth. Shift in view helped end Feudalism, created political hierarchy. Newideas spread like fire to regions; changed the way people lived and saw the world. Humanign Science Copernicus created Heliocentric model of the View that humans were social creatures who created meaning through association with other humans. universe. Literature and Education Gogmphy To be higher educated was to be a better human (to transcend your level in the chain). Columbus discovered new world; created expanding world view. Studies focused on old texts and exploring new ideas. DIGITAL Renaissance Estimated 7.85 billion websites currently online. esõterikos What would be esoteric information is readily available online such as: The complete history of the Iranian revolution. Most comprehensive maps ever made are online (stars, to0). A thorough list (complete with explanations) of JFK conspiracy theories. Blogs have changed the spread of information. Commected us and shared ideas Social media has made sharing of content and ideas easier than ever. Now blogs can break news just as fast as mainstream journalism outlets. Information spreads as fast as it can be typed or uploaded. HOW BIG IS Orline Learning? In 2011, $35.6 billion was spent on online learning. In 2014, it's up to $56.2 bilflion. Expected to Souble within the next year. In January 2013, 6.7 million students were taking at least one course through an online learning institution. Up 570,000 from previous year. Numbers do not include people taking informal classes that are offered free online. 77% Only 2.6% of academic leaders of higher education institutions have a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC). agree that the results of learning online are the same as face-to-face. INFORMAL Learning Online duolingo. KHANACADEMY Teaches A. Language learning software online. range of academics. Established to eliminate Crowd-sourced economic and geographical barriers that inhibit education. Students learn language while treating curriculum for other students. Subjects range from: Goal for end of 2014: TC </> add 50 new languages. Economics & Finance Science Math Computer Programming Humanities Reaches 10 million students per month. January 2014 - had 22 million users (8.5 million are considered active). These are only two examples out of thousands. PROFESSIONAL Learning Orline 41.7% of Fortune 500 companies now teach a course online to employees Lower costs and less intrusive way to teach new business techniques to employees. $1 Companies who use e-learning tools can boost productivity by up to 50%. Every spent on e-learning could return $30 in productivity. In the same way that the Renaissance changed the way Europeans saw the world in the 14th- 17th centuries, the availability of information online is changing the way that we live today, from business to learning for pleasure. SOURCES HostGator.com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance digital-renuaissance.info/ academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ren.html onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/changingcourse.pdf www.khanacademy.org/ sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/changing_course 2012 crowdsourcing.org/editorial/luis-von-ahn-on-duolingos-plans-for-2014/30191/ elearningindustry.com/top-10-e-learning-statistics-for-2014-you-need-to-know Website Hosting free free

The Digital Renaissance

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Are we in the midst of a new type of renaissance, a digital renaissance? Given not only the sheer availability of information, but also the ability to immediately share new thoughts with a wide audie...

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