by Carolyn Kang, Chicago Maroon
Prospective scholars everywhere can now taste a slice of the life of the mind. The University, in conjunction with Coursera, is now offering courses online for the first time starting this quarter, after faculty committees expressed their interest in making massive open online courses (MOOCs) last spring. Coursera, an online education resource that allows anyone to take courses from top universities and organizations around the world for free, will offer two courses from the University this fall: Asset Pricing, taught by John Cochrane, a professor of finance at the Booth School of Business; and Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change, taught by David Archer, a professor of geophysical sciences in the College. The structure of each online course is similar to that of a conventional college course, including weekly reading assignments, lecture videos, problem sets, and forum discussions with students taking the course at the University.
http://chicagomaroon.com/2013/10/11/life-of-the-mind-now-going-online/
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