Online Learning Update

November 28, 2012

Gates to fund online courses in community colleges

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

by University World News

Online courses provided by some of the top universities in the United States are going to be used by students at local community colleges, in a project funded by the Gates Foundation, writes Sean Coughlan for the BBC. The edX project, set up by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced a plan to “bring a new teaching model to the classroom”. It will blend edX’s online lectures and materials with classroom learning. EdX President Anant Agarwal pointed to the value to tight community college budgets.

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20121123163359435

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