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Thursday, January 22, 2015
One Reason to Offer Free Online Courses: Alumni Engagement - Casey Fabris, Chronicle of Higher Ed
Conversations about the atomic bomb can go only so far among a classroom of 20-somethings. It’s hard for today’s students to imagine living in 1945, experiencing a world war, or, for most, serving in the military. But bring alumni—with many more years of experience to share—into the equation, and class discussions can get a lot more interesting. That’s what Karen Harpp is doing in her Colgate University course "The Advent of the Atomic Bomb."
http://chronicle.com/article/One-Reason-to-Offer-Free/151163/