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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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There "appears to be some truth to the idea that, as Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost has put it, MOOCs [massive online open courses] are just marketing for elite colleges. In total, 43 percent of administrators said they thought the courses could attract new students. Around 60 percent thought so at the largest schools." Bogost is a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication. Source: The Atlantic, January 9, 2013; The Atlantic, January 16, 2013
