by Jordin Rocchi
As a part of NYU’s recent Open Education pilot program, four courses’ lectures have been placed online, available to both students of the university and the general public. Dean of Social Sciences Dalton Conley, who was a part of the decision to put the courses online, said that while “NYU students are welcome to use lectures for review or to sample courses,” the general purpose of the lectures being online is they can serve as a “public service to the wider community.” “There are benefits to NYU.” he said. “In terms of highlighting what’s going on here and the great professors we have, there is a sort of public relations aspect.
http://www.nyunews.com/news/2011/03/01/01courses/
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