{"140591":{"#nid":"140591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Signs Agreement with Coursera","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has signed an agreement with Coursera to put their web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech is committed to using technology and advanced platforms to enrich and expand educational opportunities,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThrough Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Professional Education, we already offer courses to more than 25,000 students worldwide.\u0026nbsp; Steps such as this agreement will enable even more students throughout the world to have access to Georgia Tech\u2019s expertise, and help to meet the needs for lifelong learning.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It seems clear that higher education is currently experiencing the first ripples of a wave that could drastically alter the method, scope and scale of educational access and delivery, \u0022 said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs for Georgia Tech. \u0022Georgia Tech has been in the business of offering online courses and education for some time. By joining Coursera we seek to expand our presence in that space, provide increased global access to our excellent educational products, experiment with new methods and ideas in the delivery of education and, most importantly, enhance the learning options and convenience for our own students.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s initial courses include Computational Photography, Computational Investing, Energy 101, Control of Mobile Robots and Fundamentals of Online Education. The Institute plans to add online courses across a range of disciplines to the online platform.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The technological sophistication and expectations of today\u0027s college students drastically outpace their institutions,\u0022 said Rich DeMillo, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for 21st Century Universities. \u0022By embracing innovators such as Coursera, who are the vanguard for the oncoming technological revolution, universities can not only improve student access to course content, but also fundamentally change core value structures such as student recruitment and retention, degree customization, and overall productivity and efficiency.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Dean of Professional Education Nelson Baker also noted, \u201cWe are empowering people to learn, and are connecting and expanding our global learning community to meet the evolving needs of students worldwide. By adding courses via Coursera, we are further supporting an individual\u2019s quest for wanting to be more competitive and competent whether that is in their studies at a university, in their place of employment or just to be members of an educated society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther institutions partnering with Coursera are the California Institute of Technology, Duke University, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Princeton University, Rice University, Stanford University, UC San Francisco, University of Edinburgh, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Toronto, University of Virginia and the University of Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCoursera is dedicated to creating better educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom, and we could not do it without the blessing and commitment of universities,\u201d said Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller. \u201cWe\u2019re fortunate to have the support of these highly respected academic institutions as we move toward our shared goal of providing a high-quality education to everyone around the world.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo date, Coursera has seen more than 680,000 students from 190 countries and more than 1.55 million course enrollments across its 43 courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Coursera\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECoursera is on a mission to change the world by educating millions of people by offering classes from top universities and professors online for free. Coursera\u0027s comprehensive education platform combines mastery-based learning principles with video lectures, interactive content and a global community of peers, offering students from around the world a unique online learning experience. Coursera has partnered with top-tier universities to provide courses across a broad range of disciplines, including medicine, literature, history and computer science, among others. Coursera is backed by leading venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield \u0026amp; Byers and New Enterprise Associates. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ctt.marketwire.com\/?release=875704\u0026amp;id=1497382\u0026amp;type=1\u0026amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.coursera.org%2f\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECoursera.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has signed an agreement with Coursera to put their web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has signed an agreement with Coursera to put their web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning in the classroom."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-07-17 07:39:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:33","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coursera.org\/","title":"Coursera"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.c21u.gatech.edu\/","title":"C21U"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtpe.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Professional Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"28751","name":"C21U; Center for 21st Century Universities; Richard DeMillo; Higher Education;"},{"id":"38281","name":"Coursera"},{"id":"9038","name":"G.P."},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"13997","name":"nelson baker"},{"id":"2662","name":"professional education"},{"id":"10243","name":"rafael bras"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@hotmail.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}