Universities Reshaping Education on the Web

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External News Details

Georgia Tech is one of a dozen major research universities that has signed an agreement with Coursera to put their web-based courses online. The Director of the Center for 21st Century Universities, Rich A. DeMillo (Comp Sci), discusses the potential for this major experiment in education. Source: The New York Times

Additional Information

Groups

College of Computing, School of Computer Science

Categories
Institute and Campus, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Digital Media and Entertainment
Keywords
C21U; Center for 21st Century Universities; Richard DeMillo; Higher Education; Coursera; Online Education; Experiment
Status
  • Created By: Michaelanne Dye
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jul 17, 2012 - 5:50am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:25pm