By Matt Bettonville, Stanford Daily
Although Stanford has offered some courses available online for years, the trend toward online courses has recently grown. In addition to Thrun’s course, the Computer Science Department offered machine-learning and introduction-to-databases classes through the same program, and Stanford has partnered with Apple to include courses in the company’s recent iTunes U revamp. The recently published Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford (SUES) report cited online distribution of courses as an area to address in the near future, as very limited policies currently exist on the matter. “There’s huge stuff happening with courses going online and nobody knows what they’re doing yet,” Jennifer Widom, chair of the Computer Science Department, said of the report’s call for new policies.
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/09/thrun-starts-web-based-university/
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