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Sugata Mitra, academic, on building a school in the cloud:

In this illuminating talk, Mitra bemoans the current education system that goes back well over 300 years old, to the time of the British Empire. Mitra talks about new ways that children can learn by exploring innovative ways to educate them. He asks the difficult question on how present day learning systems will prepare us for future jobs. Through his research and insights he decided to do the 'hole in the wall' experiment which involved children being left alone with a computer. In nine months the children reached the same standard of proficiency as an office secretary in the West. The 'Hole in the wall' experiment has earned Mitra a $1 million prize from TED. His talk will surely leave you wondering about what might be possible if we thought outside the box.

TED Talks on Social Entrepreneurship and consider the following questions:

• What attracted you to these three talks in particular?
• What lessons can be learned from the Social Enterprises described in the videos?
• How would you design an 'ethical' compensation scheme for the directors and staff of a social enterprise?
• How could 'social entrepreneurship' best be encouraged