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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Washington University looks into providing online learning video courses - Justine Chu, Student Life
As many top-tier universities begin to integrate their educational systems with the digital age, Washington University is undergoing research to design video courses that can closely reflect the classroom experience. rovost Ed Macias described the University’s possible venture into online courses as one of experimentation. While there have been lots of experiments and lots of progress over the last few years, this—the technology and the techniques—is all still evolving,” Macias said. “So we’ve been trying some things, we’ve been watching what’s happening and we’re trying to learn from these various activities. We’re trying to determine what would be the best practice.”
http://www.studlife.com/news/academics/2012/09/20/university-looks-into-providing-video-courses-online-2/