By Lindsay Tucker, Boston Magazine
Starting this summer, what once was a WGBH studio will become a virtual classroom that may revolutionize the way we think about online education. Dubbed HBX Live, the new Harvard Business School collaboration will use the space in the same manner as a traditional lecture hall—with a professor at the front presiding over a semicircle of 60 screens, each one a stand-in for an off-site student. The initiative will debut as part of the business school’s new online learning platform, HBX, which launches this month. The unique configuration of the room will allow virtual participants to view up to 59 others via an interactive Web page, encouraging communication and virtual hand-raising.
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/05/28/harvard-hbx-live-online-classroom/
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