Online learning courses will extend UW-Madison to more students - David Ward, interim chancellor, State Journal

The old model of education is now supplemented by several creative alternatives in selected parts of our curriculums. The role of the classroom is being flipped on its head and reinvented through technology, online learning and more flexible approaches to education. This trend affecting higher education mirrors what we have seen in recent years with many longstanding institutions. Universities that understand how to create a variable experience for students will be best equipped to innovate and survive over the next decade and beyond. The urgency to rethink how students are educated at UW-Madison has been at the forefront of my tenure as interim chancellor. When I returned here a year and a half ago, I brought with me the experience I gained as president of the American Council on Education, where I became familiar with changing modes of higher learning, including those already well started here in Madison. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/column/guest/david-ward-online-courses-will-extend-uw-madison-to-more/article_9a20ec0a-82ba-11e2-89f6-0019bb2963f4.html