Online University at the Forefront of Education?

It seems fitting that an online university points out the 21st Century deficiency of our current educational system.

Connecting Universities to the Classroom

Ohio University students are creating virtual worlds to teach middle school students math, science, and technology. In the Interactive Science Lab students enter a virtual lab to perform experiments. Could this be a solution for New York City schools who do not have the proper equipment to perform these experiments?
Ohio University Immersive Technologies and Arts for Learning

Online College Courses

Stanford's Education Program for Gifted Youth lets students of all levels take enriched multimedia classes through a distance learning model. Course offerings range from Math to Music.

Yale's Open Course Program is just one of the many programs offered by colleges that let anyone in the world audit a class. Yale has offerings in Astronomy and Philosophy.

MIT's Open Courseware is a resource for teachers to integrate MIT material into their classroom.

The abundance of free material from these colleges almost makes you forget how much they have grown to cost.

If you have a ipod check out iTunes University for educational downloads (no degrees currently offered).

Record Calls in Skype

With Skype students can call anywhere in the world free to another Skype user. Bring an expert into your classroom where students can ask questions. With the Call Recorder download you can have a record of the conversation. Create a podcast news report of the interview using clips from the recorded discussion.