Remember research, Faust urges
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Harvard President Drew Faust said Monday that maintaining a strong partnership between the federal government and higher education institutions is “vital to support the research that...
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EdX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced its spring course and module offerings today. With an emphasis on the...
View ArticleHigher education on the move
When it comes to online education, the future is now. And it’s changing fast. That was an overriding message when the presidents of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted a...
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On the frontiers of learning
“This is the start of the golden age of education. This is as big as it gets. Never have I seen a time in my life where education has been this exciting,” said edX President Anant Agarwal. “This is a...
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ChinaX has global ambitions
While online courses from HarvardX have reached more than half a million students globally, less than 1 percent of the participants are in China. Technology and culture may be partly to blame for the...
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New horizons for HarvardX
HarvardX, the University-wide initiative supporting faculty experimentation in teaching and learning through technology, is slated to launch 14 new and returning online offerings through the winter...
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Happy birthday, Web
The World Wide Web turns 25 this week. To mark the milestone, the Gazette sat down with Scott Bradner, a senior technology consultant with Harvard who has been involved with the Internet since its...
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Remember research, Faust urges
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Harvard President Drew Faust said Monday that maintaining a strong partnership between the federal government and higher education institutions is “vital to support the research...
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EdX expansion set for spring
EdX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced its spring course and module offerings today. With an emphasis on the...
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Higher education on the move
When it comes to online education, the future is now. And it’s changing fast. That was an overriding message when the presidents of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the frontiers of learning
“This is the start of the golden age of education. This is as big as it gets. Never have I seen a time in my life where education has been this exciting,” said edX President Anant Agarwal. “This is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ChinaX has global ambitions
While online courses from HarvardX have reached more than half a million students globally, less than 1 percent of the participants are in China. Technology and culture may be partly to blame for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New horizons for HarvardX
HarvardX, the University-wide initiative supporting faculty experimentation in teaching and learning through technology, is slated to launch 14 new and returning online offerings through the winter...
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Happy birthday, Web
The World Wide Web turns 25 this week. To mark the milestone, the Gazette sat down with Scott Bradner, a senior technology consultant with Harvard who has been involved with the Internet since its...
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HarvardX course closes in on global view
For Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and director of the South Asia Institute, aspiring entrepreneurs could learn a lot from the Kumbh Mela. Held every 12...
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Earning a bachelor’s degree the new way
Jonathan Haber earned his bachelor’s degree, in chemistry, from Wesleyan University in 1985. Nearly three decades later, he decided to earn another bachelor’s, this one in philosophy. He also resolved...
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Radically rethinking education
Just as Amazon has gone from selling books to exploring package delivery by drone, higher education in the digital age is radically rethinking the models by which it delivers its content, the leader...
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A miracle of preservation
How do you prepare some of Harvard’s most precious historical scrolls and manuscripts to be browsed and examined online? The answer, of course, is very carefully. Students taking “The Book,” a modular...
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A religion course for the Internet age
Harvard Divinity School senior lecturer Diane Moore has modest goals for her upcoming online course, “World Religions Through Their Scripture.” She merely wants to increase religious understanding,...
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Adaptive learning featured in HarvardX course
The Harvard University strategic initiative HarvardX is running a massive open online course (MOOC) that features adaptive learning and assessment algorithms that tailor course material in response to...
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