Online Learning Update

December 15, 2012

GU Partners with Harvard, MIT for Online Learning

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

By Shaun Courtney, DC Patch

Georgetown University will join Harvard and MIT’s edX initiative to provide free, open, online courses, so people around the world can become the students of the nation’s top higher learning institutions. “EdX is an innovation that will expand access to high-quality educational content for millions around the world while helping us better understand how technology can improve the academic experience for students in classrooms across our campuses,” explained Harvard President Drew Faust in a press release. “In joining edX, we become part of a consortium of institutions on the cutting edge of higher education,” said Georgetown President Jack DeGioia in a press release.

http://georgetown.patch.com/articles/gu-partners-with-harvard-mit-for-online-learning

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