Big Data 4Dx: MIT Sloan Management School Online Course Taps Avatars - NANCY DUVERGNE SMITH, MIT Alumni Life

Webinars are old news at MIT, but the Sloan School of Management is taking online instruction to a new dimension. Last spring, Sloan launched a new Executive Education program called Big Data 4Dx, an online version of its popular program Big Data: Making Complex Things Simpler. Unlike online courses where participants watch lectures, Big Data 4Dx uses AvayaLive EngageTM, a web-based, immersive collaboration environment that allows participants to interact with each other in a virtual classroom.The next two-day session—both in person and online—is set for October. http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2013/08/19/big-data-4dx-online-learning-moves-into-the-4th-dimension/