Pattern 43

On Community Technology and a Modern Education

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"...artificially maintained oases where people encounter knowledge..."

Papert, Seymour. "Chapter 8, Images of the Learning Society." Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. New York: Basic, 1980. 182. Print.[link]

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"The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future."

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The original universities in the middle ages were simply collections of teachers who attracted students because they had something to offer.

Christopher Alexander, 'A Pattern Language'. Pattern 43 : University as a Marketplace

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The above video features the work of Seymour Papert, author of Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas and creator of the LOGO programming language.