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"Revolutionary." "Disruptive." These terms are used with such frequency that they may have lost much of their meaning. That's not to say that there aren't plenty of products and services that are innovative, and plenty of systems, plenty of organizations that are ripe for disruption or "revolution." Take education, for example. Our modern education system is, after all, not so modern, with many ...

OpenCourseWare has been selected by Time Magazine as one of the top 50 websites of 2010. http://ocw.mit.edu Construction in the Infinite Corridor is scheduled to be completed by next week Friday.

Two different approaches, two very different products, 1 big acknowledgement of the role of mobile Internet access worldwide in education.

YYeTs is one of a handful of subtitling groups working on online courses. The earliest volunteer group dedicated to translating courses into Chinese was the Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System (OOPS), based in Taiwan.

Lifehacker has compiled a handy list of where to find the best education on the web . It includes: the OpenCourseWare Consortium , Khan Academy , Academic Earth , iTunes U , Wikivesity , and Textbook Revolution , among others.  Which sites do you frequent? I'm a big fan of Khan Academy and just sat through their primer on unemployment: Photo via .

# backtoschool Whether you're a student looking for supplemental learning or you're in the workforce but thirsty for knowledge, you don't have to drop thousands of dollars in tuition to enjoy a top-notch education from some of the best schools in the world. More »

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10 Essential iPad Apps for Publication Designers -- a couple of interesting new suggestions here, including the New Zealand Herald (hated at home for including a bloated intro movie, but with interesting article presentation), and Paris Match (adding interactive features to almost every story). (via Simon St Laurent) Cooking in Silico: Heat Transfer in the Modern Kitchen (YouTube) --...