by Paloalto Online
For Foothill College President Judy Miner, online learning represents an opportunity to broaden the reach of her life’s work — extending educational options for people who wouldn’t otherwise have them. While state budget cuts have reduced the number of students she can serve, Miner views partnerships with online education entities as a chance to buck that trend. She has huddled with Sal Khan of the Khan Academy and Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun on ways the new technologies can enable Foothill to expand its offerings. She’s angling for Foothill to become a demonstration site for the “massive, open, online courses” offered by startups like Palo Alto’s Udacity, with an eye toward making that curriculum transferrable to the California State University system.
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