The Crowd Blog - University

19/03/2013

Re-Imagining Schools: What we’re Learning from Online Education

Ollie Smith Ollie Smith
Account Executive
Music Geek
Wave Addict
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Coursera

Innovative leaps in technology are constantly fed to us; as we sit comfortably with the latest efficiency making our lives easier, another emerges and completely changes our mindset.

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05/11/2012

Blackmail, Affairs, Wine and Programming

Phay McCombie Phay McCombie
Account Executive
Vintage Junkie
ADApic

Let me introduce you to Ada Lovelace. A woman after all of our hearts, she loved a glass of wine or two, had the odd affair and compiled notes back in the 1840’s that are now recognised as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine. Thanks to this, she is considered the world’s first computer programmer. Her story was of real interest to me as I studied Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence back in University in 2006….

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09/11/2011

Reflection from a Crowd Media Intern: “In The Crowd”

Chantal Marson Chantal Marson
Crowd Media Intern
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In The Crowd

Jo Porritt, Crowd’s founder outlined the kind of work I would undertake; writing blogs, designing logos, print ideas and trying online marketing through Twitter and Facebook. This was all very exciting to hear but I knew I was going to take on a risk considering this type of work was a slight tangent from my previous concept based graphic design experience.

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