When viewed from the perspective of free content and inexpensive skill assessment and their potential to tremendously increase the value of human capital, the thought of limiting or charging for knowledge now seems antiquated.
The current educational system of rationing knowledge is becoming obsolete. It has served us well until this last decade but it is time for the traditional system to renew itself and to integrate and embrace new models.
Bill Sams is a commissioner on the eTech Ohio Commission and an Executive in Residence at Ohio University. His latest efforts include the production of the movie EPIC 2020, which predicts the demise of the traditional higher education model.
By Bill Sams, contributor
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