‘Professor You’ Talk at SXSW Interactive

Many people have an outdated view of teaching — believing that only high-level experts should teach at the college level or that only career teachers should offer instruction in schools. But teaching is now happening fast and informally online, and today anyone can teach using free tools to make courses. And a shadow learning economy has emerged online that students are increasingly turning to. Teaching is becoming a 21st century skill for all of us.

Below are the slides from my talk at SXSWinteractive:

SXSWinteractive Professor You Slides

And here are some of the articles that formed the background for the talk: Here Comes Professor Everybody The New Rock-Star Professor The Student Becomes the Teacher Boom in Online Tutoring Means Another Cost for Many Students Beyond the MOOC Hype