David Wiley

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David Wiley
Professor, Brigham Young University

Soon after graduating from college, David Wiley had an epiphany that has moved him into the front ranks of education revolutionaries: "Unlike a real calculator, a calculator embedded in a Web page can be used by 100,000 people at the same time." At BYU, he designed a course as an online role-playing game and opened it up on the Web for free; he founded a free online charter school with open-source content and curricula; and he's Chief Openness Officer at Flat World Knowledge, which offers original textbooks for free online (or $29.95 softcover) and just closed $8 million in venture capital. -- by Anya Kamenetz

David Wiley

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http://davidwiley.org/

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David Wiley

June 6, 2009 - 1:09pm by Anonymous.

where does it say that?

May 19, 2009 - 7:13pm by Anonymous.

I think saying that David Wiley started Flat World Knowledge is a bit of an overstatement

May 18, 2009 - 8:16am by Anonymous.

David is a visionary who takes real stock in the power of the web to create new teaching and learning opportunities. I'm thrilled to see him here!

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"There may be authors who might never want to make their materials open content… Fine! They do not have to do so. Others, though, will and we need to make things easier for these people."
- Interview with David Wiley, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

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Born in Massachusetts in 1966, David Wiley is the Conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra as well as New York's Long Island Philharmonic. He has previously served as Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. -- Wikipedia (5/18/2009).

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