Free-Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career, and Education

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By Peter Smith ’68

Published May 23, 2018

Peter Smith ’68 explains how the concept of learning needs an overhaul in our changing world. In Free-Range Learning in the Digital Age (SelectBooks), Smith argues that universities undervalue the education that happens outside of school through digital means, and he shows how people can get the most from their education, whether it is from a university or online learning.

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