Thursday, October 11, 2012

EdX: Harvard's New Domain - DELPHINE RODRIK and KEVIN SUN, Harvard Crimson

In the spring, MIT took on 155,000 more students. In two weeks, Harvard could do the same. The edX initiative stands to join the ranks of major MOOCs like Coursera and Udacity. Like its competitors, edX intends to make knowledge available to more people. But unlike these, edX is a not-for-profit, designed with the hopes of acquiring and employing data and research about effective teaching and learning methods. Students of edX will split their class time between watching short lecture modules (around 10 minutes or so in length), performing interactive activities, and asking questions to each other and TFs in online forums. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/10/4/edx-scrutiny-online-learning/