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The democratization of education

Submitted on 17 February 2013 - 1:14pm

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Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have gained a lot of popularity in the last few years. Among other things, they allow one teacher to reach thousands of students with one class. The author reviews the offerings of three of the most populare MOOC programs: KhanAcademy, edX, and Coursera.

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Trio of students will represent Puerto Rico in robotics competition in California

Submitted on 13 February 2013 - 3:36pm

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Three Puerto Rican teenagers will travel to California to represent Puerto Rico at the VEX Robotics Competition.

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Science funding in Puerto Rico at risk

Submitted on 12 February 2013 - 9:53am

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Con la alta criminalidad, el desempleo y el menú de controversias políticas del día, ¿a quién le podría importar un asuntito de científicos?

De primera instancia, quizás el lector piense que los problemas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) con la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias (National Science Foundation, NSF) no le conciernen. Pero el problema con la NSF no es un asunto que solo afecta a un puñado de académicos.

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