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5. Sugata Mitra and The End of Knowing

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Unsupervised Learning: A Path to Knowledge Emergence

This chapter delves into an experiment initiated in 1999 where local children in India, with no prior computer exposure, effortlessly grasped technology skills when given access to a computer. The speaker discusses the natural emergence of learning without structured teaching, leading to the concept of a self-organized learning environment (SOLE) that has spread globally. The conversation also touches on challenges faced by teachers in integrating technology into education amid standardized testing, exploring potential future implications of seamless internet integration.

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