Technology vs. Higher Education

Big Change is happening now

About ME

• 20 year-old student at UMaine• Homeschool/Private/Technical Education

background• Online Marketing (SEO, PPC, Lead Gen @

www.lukethomas.com)

You See….

Maine is uneventful

The Food is GREAT

Image by: Man Pikin

Quality of Education?….not so much

What can I do about it?

• Cry• Complain• Throw a tantrum• Move• Use Technology to Learn

Over My Lifetime (20 yrs)

• The Internet emerged• Google began indexing pages• Mainstream use of computers (PCs)

College Grads and Debt

Source: Think Progress

What should I do?

Source: CNN

Nope.

Why are we Complaining?

Information is Accessible

Instead of This…

Source: Visual Photos

We have This….

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Access to World-Class Instruction

• Stanford Online Classes• MIT OpenCourseware• Yale Courses• Harvard Open Learning

FOR FREE

NO Geographical Limitations

Pace

• Pause, Rewind, and Review (Video)• Individualized Curriculum• Fast-Paced Learning (If Desired)

Source: Enterprise Irregulars

Are we really underprivileged?

Or just Lazy?

Technology has turned the tables..

From being Spoon Fed:

Source: Dana’s Kids

To Personal Motivation

Source: Motivated Kid

Follow me: @lukethomas14