[clavalle]

'Reactionary' is a bit of a strong word. I think that this is an idea whose time has come and that both MIT and Stanford had these kinds of initiatives in the pipeline for a while. Stanford's success might have spurred MIT on a bit, but I'm sure they would have been on this path eventually anyway.

I just hope that other schools start moving in this direction and perhaps some standards or at least conventions start to take shape.

For example: it would be useful if there were tagged video classes and materials so that if I am confused by the presentation by one lecturer I could look up a lecture on the same topic by someone else. I find that seeing a topic from a slightly different perspective is enormously helpful.