by Jules Horne, guardian.co.uk
It may not have the nightlife but as a way of accessing a flexible, quality education, I’ve found the Open University can’t be beaten, He was a flying goth with rocker looks. I was a new Open University tutor researching a play. I ventured into the OU room in Second Life, and after a few introductions (He: F04 R08. AL? Me: Yep. A363. R11), we had a long chat about non-Euclidean geometry. Call me strange, but I found this amazingly thrilling. Living in a rural area, you don’t come across many Gauss experts. Vast academic libraries, with international journals on tap, books and courses to get your brain cranking, people who enjoy a good barney about Shakespeare’s sonnets: the OU has brought all that to my doorstep, and it’s been an absolute joy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/18/open-university-learning-joy
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