{"151641":{"#nid":"151641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Town Hall to Focus on Online Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStanford. Princeton. CalTech. UPenn. Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn recent weeks, these universities and others announced plans to put their web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe movement, which has the potential to change the way education has been delivered for decades, is causing some in the higher education community to question the speed of the changes as well as the overall direction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time for all of us, albeit a bit scary,\u201d said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. \u201cPeople in positions like mine prefer to know exactly where decisions are going to take us. In this case, the uncertainty is large, but the risk of inaction is very high. It is challenging. I am confident that others in higher education around this country and the world are feeling the same way I do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough there are unanswered questions, Bras wants the Institute to have a role in shaping the direction instead of playing catch-up later.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech clearly must be an important player in this,\u201d Bras said. \u201cWe have to stay on top of it to live up to our vision of being the technological research university of the 21st century.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo continue the discussion with the Tech community, Bras will lead the Town Hall on Online Education on Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. in room 1116, Klaus Advanced Computing Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe will be joined by three of the Institute\u2019s leaders in online education \u2014 Rich DeMillo, director of the Center for 21st Century Universities and chair of the Council for Educational Technology; Donna Llewellyn, associate vice provost for Learning Excellence; and Nelson Baker, dean of Professional Education \u2014 who will give an overview of the work taking place in their respective areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA panel of faculty will be available to answer questions about courses they are teaching via Coursera, a new online education provider partnering with Tech and other premier universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Provost\u2019s Town Hall on Online Education is open to the campus community and will be held on Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. in room 1116, Klaus Advanced Computing Building.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Provost\u2019s Town Hall on Online Education is open to the campus community and will be held on Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. in room 1116, Klaus Advanced Computing Building."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2012-09-05 08:13:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:47","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"151561":{"id":"151561","type":"image","title":"Coursera","body":null,"created":"1449178848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:40:48","changed":"1475894784","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:24","alt":"Coursera","file":{"fid":"195199","name":"coursera.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/coursera_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/coursera_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":148124,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/coursera_0.jpg?itok=ymxsb7xA"}}},"media_ids":["151561"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of the Provost"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"38281","name":"Coursera"},{"id":"42461","name":"executive vice president for academic affairs"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"9213","name":"Office of the Provost"},{"id":"42451","name":"online educaton"},{"id":"937","name":"provost"},{"id":"15591","name":"Rafael L. 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\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Provost\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}