Purpose: to provide education and a decentralized knowledge exchange for anyone without limits in location nor ethnicity
Problems to solve: traditional colleges and schools are location-based. The majority of students and teaching staff come from the local community. Online education breaks the location barrier but is usually centrally organized with high tuition fee, and lack the real-life interactions among students and lecturer.
Description: The University of Decentraland will be a land of knowledge exchange. People in different fields of study can setup specialized areas for discussion, experiments, exhibition etc. Expertise can rent a lecture hall or room at a (possibly subsidized) cost for giving lectures, earning a tuition fee from students who are interested in the topic; or rent a lecture hall without cost to give free lectures. The University of Decentraland would combine the benefits of a traditional college and an online educator, as it breaks the geographical barrier while allowing virtual physical interactions. When the infrastructure is mature, professors from traditional colleges could be invited to give lectures at the University.
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Name: The University of Decentraland
Purpose: to provide education and a decentralized knowledge exchange for anyone without limits in location nor ethnicity
Problems to solve: traditional colleges and schools are location-based. The majority of students and teaching staff come from the local community. Online education breaks the location barrier but is usually centrally organized with high tuition fee, and lack the real-life interactions among students and lecturer.
Description: The University of Decentraland will be a land of knowledge exchange. People in different fields of study can setup specialized areas for discussion, experiments, exhibition etc. Expertise can rent a lecture hall or room at a (possibly subsidized) cost for giving lectures, earning a tuition fee from students who are interested in the topic; or rent a lecture hall without cost to give free lectures. The University of Decentraland would combine the benefits of a traditional college and an online educator, as it breaks the geographical barrier while allowing virtual physical interactions. When the infrastructure is mature, professors from traditional colleges could be invited to give lectures at the University.
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