Online Learning Update

July 22, 2012

Over 11,000 Students Take Free Online Calculus Course

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

By Education-Portal.com

Math 104: Calculus, a free online math course offered by Silicon Valley start-up Education-Portal.com, has drawn over 11,000 students since it launched in March 2012. The course is comprised of 103 bite-sized video lessons that are fewer than 10 minutes long. The video lessons make complex concepts like derivatives and integrals simple and easy to learn. Online learners self-navigate through the course, learning just the topics they need to know and skipping the ones they’ve already mastered. Students are praising the math course’s “understandable and easy-to-remember analogies” and instructor Erin Lennon’s relatable and clear teaching style. Dr. Alvin Bayliss, professor of applied mathematics at Northwestern University, says, “These lessons are most definitely a useful supplemental resource for calculus students as well as for students who want to study independently.”

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/12/4627166/over-11000-students-take-free.html

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