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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Online Learning offers 'any study, any time, anywhere' - Bill Steele, Cornell Chronicle
The “Cornell brand” is expanding its visibility in the digital world, as the university offers more courses online. In part, this trend grows from the work of a small group of people who were interested in advancing online learning and formed the Cornell Online Learning Community (COLC) a year ago. At a follow-up event March 1, the group – along with several newcomers – received encouragement from high places: “We are on the ground thinking about e-learning and academic technologies,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff told the audience of more than 100 faculty and staff members gathered in G-10 Biotech. “Our students expect it.”
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/03/online-learning-offers-any-study-any-time-anywhere