What if every student had access to the same high-quality educational tools? This week, Reid and Aria are joined by Ben Nelson to discuss higher education. Ben is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Minerva Project, a for-profit educational organization that created the non-profit Minerva University with the mission of reforming global education through an interdisciplinary curriculum and fully active learning pedagogy. Ben talks about how we can increase people’s access to an elite education that prepares them for success as both professionals and citizens. Also, Ben responds to GPT-4 stories that reimagine what a “classroom” really can be. Read the AI-generated stories for this episode here. Read the transcript of this episode here. Topics: 4:54 - Hellos and intros 6:54 - Ben’s elevator description of Minerva University 11:11 - How we absorb information and the concept of transfer in education 16:01 - The ways technology can deepen learning and remove biases 19:57 - ChatGPT in schools 25:37 - Resp
