Source: The Office of Learning and Teaching, 2004.

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Search engines such as Google have ushered in the era of open-source learning.

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Search engines such as Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) have ushered in the era of open-source learning.

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The children's TV show "Sesame Street, " long a source of preschool learning, recently launched a new segment, "Elmo the Musical, " which infuses counting, calculations and shapes into singing, dancing and games.

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The two founders of CoderDojo are just as inspirational, 20-year old James Wheltan and his business partner, Bill Liao created the open source coding movement out of nothing except a belief that learning, especially programming, should be free and open, oh and the world needs more programmers.

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"We see it as source material that will support education worldwide, including innovations in the process of teaching and learning itself, " said MIT President Charles Vest in a statement.

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"Learning skills to handle stress, adversities and other life challenges -- regardless of the source -- is a positive step for any person, " says psychologist Dr. David Shern, president and CEO of the nonprofit group Mental Health America.

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