By: AARON RICHARDSON, The Daily Progress
Online education has come to the fore as an item of discussion at the University of Virginia since last month’s failed attempt to oust President Teresa A. Sullivan. In her remarks, Dragas said higher education could be on the brink of an online learning revolution, now that “the elite institutions” have legitimized it. In emails between Dragas and former Vice Rector Mark Kington released recently, the two discuss a New York Times editorial by David Brooks that hails online courses by companies such as UDACITY, often referred to as “MOOCs,” or massive open online courses, as a tidal wave about to hit higher education. UVa engineering professor Larry G. Richards said the university has been teaching distance and online courses since 1983, offering courses first through the engineering school and later through the Curry School of Education.
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