RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.
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This audio has been edited from the original event by Becca Pyne. Series produced by Abi Stephenson, RSA. Animation by Cognitive Media.

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  News & Politics

[The RSA]

Wow - 10 million views! Thanks so much everyone for watching, and hope you've been inspired to make change where you can!

[DarthConnis]

Did anyone else have the sound cut off at 11:15?

[Natasha Friedenstein]

There were a lot of interesting points brought up in this video. What really got my attention was the part about standardisation. It definitely is a problem in the current educational system. There is little regard for each individual's abilities. Everyone gets tested in the same way, which leaves a lot of kids feeling dumb. Most children are being forced to put all of their energy into being like everyone else, instead of getting to know their own talents and developing them. It's kind of sad.

[Andy Cawston]

Further: "The upfront costs to create the online lectures run between $200,000 and $300,000, but once those hard outlays have been made the cost per each additional student is minimal, said Mr. Isbell. He estimated the school would have to hire one full-time teacher for every 100 online students as opposed to one full-time teacher for every 10 or 20 students who study on campus."

[Andy Cawston]

An excellent question, if only it were true! This recent announcement from Georgia Tech:

"Georgia Tech, one of the nation's best engineering schools, said it would begin offering fully-accredited, real-world master's degrees in computer science via the Internet. The cost: About $6,600. Or roughly the cost of a few years of interest that many graduate students pay on a big loan to fund their education."

It's a slow start, but the avalanche will follow!

[kendalwin1]

Yes I lost sound at 11:06

[AtomicUrgency]

What's the point of these Ted talk videos if nothing is changing? Don't get me wrong,they're highly interesting,but I feel like they're wasting their breath because nobody is really doing anything about the situation.

[Gustav Hakegård]

Really intresting! and fabulous animation!

[Josh Russell]

Still nothing has changed. Education Bubble Grows.

[Ignas Kensgaila]

Where could I find that diverse thinking test?

[harrisddominic]

I'm taking this class that authorized the students to watch this video. Just want to say this is "one of the most informative clips" that I've seen in awhile! (eye opener)