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Flashback: Sugata Mitra Gets Talky For TED

  • Posted by: Patrick James
  • on August 28, 2008 at 7:07 pm

In the spirit of our current fascination with learning (see The Education Issue), we’re keen to revisit this video of Sugata Mitra (from January of 2007). After witnessing uneducated Indian children teach themselves how to use a computer without instruction, Mitra ponders what else kids can teach themselves.

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