This is from the Tomorrow’s Professor blog, and features a concise description of some of the main principles of constructivist philosophy:
987. The Constructivist Approach and Online Learning
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I think Shibuya University in Japan embodies many of these constructivist principles. A free university that awards no degrees is probably not, however,the final answer, but I wonder if educational institutions couldn’t use a similar approach to build name recognition and create interest in their communities. I could imagine that free, entertaining, informal short classes or lectures on philosophy, literature, science, etc. could inspire people to want to learn more and sign up for more formal education.
See the article at http://web-japan.org/trends/lifestyle/lif070109_01.html