It is 9.30 AM and I know that there are a hundred things I should be working on right now. But sometimes you feel inspired, and then those hundred things wait and you write a blog. EDX is the newest online teaching website. A couple of months back, I registered for a course in Physics taught by a professor at MIT. It was a 5 week course, with new course material released every week and a problem set to be submitted weekly. I struggled to keep up the pace. Missed a few deadlines. Managed a few. Then we had the final exam. I got 80% and that took my aggregate grade to 63%. Just above 60% and I passed! That's not the point. The point is the elegant manner in which the professor taught the course. The beauty of how he developed a complicated theory for the students bit by bit. And, it is all available for free. The best thing about EDX is the software which allows you to submit answers even when they are as long equations. Online learning has come a long way. EDX has emerged as the leader. It's the future.
