Online courses are changing access to knowledge, bringing it within the reach of a wide audience. Pierre Dillenbourg explains the challenges this revolutionary innovation faces.
Founded in 1985, the Museum is reinventing itself yet again and now offers information and activities both in the Museum itself as well as worldwide over the internet.
The Alimentarium collection is a true heritage asset, comprising some 10 000 objects relating to all stages of the human diet. They have been acquired, preserved and put on display to bear witness to the history and methods of producing, processing, selling, preparing and consuming our food.
The gap between what scientists say and what people believe is especially large when it comes to food. But opinions change as quickly as fashions. Ideas about what is good and what is bad for us are likely to be quite different tomorrow.