BBC News - MIT launches free online 'fully automated' course

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-08-20

Summary:

“Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the world's top-rated universities, has announced its first free course which can be studied and assessed completely online. An electronics course, beginning in March, will be the first prototype of an online project, known as MITx. The interactive course is designed to be fully automated, with successful students receiving a certificate... This ground-breaking scheme represents a significant step forward in the use of technology to deliver higher education... MIT, along with many other leading universities, makes its course material available online, but the MITx scheme takes this a step further by creating an accredited course specifically for online students... The main difference is that the MITx version has been designed for online students, with a virtual laboratory, e-textbooks, online discussions and videos that are the equivalent of a lecture. It is expected to take 10 hours per week and will run until June...”

Link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17012968

Updated:

08/16/2012, 06:08

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Authors:

abernard

Date tagged:

08/20/2012, 15:05

Date published:

02/14/2012, 22:15