MIT World shares all lectures with the public. Cool!

I just come across this great website that shares all major presentations and speeches at MIT with the masses. According to the site, “These free, on-demand videos, available 24/7 to viewers worldwide, reflect and extend MIT’s educational mission—to provide the best education in science, technology, and related fields—to engaged learners anytime, anywhere”.  Topics range from creativity to environmental sustainability to US-Iraq relations. I haven’t had time yet to check out a lot of the podcasts, but they seem great.

This is the kind of project that every university should provide. There are such incredible learning resources on college campuses, but often it is only the select few (aka university students, educators, and wealthy people) that get to absorb and access the most innovative ideas. Sharing lectures online is an important step towards providing educational opportunities and inspiration to everyone who wants to learn.

Kudos to MIT for being so rockin’.