{"336761":{"#nid":"336761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Holds Online Education Roundtable","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech sponsored a roundtable forum on Thursday, Oct. 23, inviting some of the top education leaders and reporters to join a discussion on the role online programs and resources will play in the future of higher learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe roundtable, \u201cTechnology and the Future of Online Higher Education,\u201d was held at the Carnegie Corp. headquarters in New York City.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech stands at the cutting edge of employing the latest technologies in the higher education realm. Notably, the College of Computing in January 2014 year began offering an online master\u2019s degree in computer science (OMS CS), making Georgia Tech the first major university to offer a full-fledged, accredited CS master\u2019s degree to an online audience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EPanelists for the roundtable included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAnant Agarwal\u003C\/strong\u003E, CEO of edX, an online learning destination funded by Harvard and MIT\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ENelson Baker\u003C\/strong\u003E, dean of professional education at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERafael Bras\u003C\/strong\u003E, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMolly Corbett Broad\u003C\/strong\u003E, president of the American Council on Education\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERich DeMillo\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Center for 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Century Universities at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EZvi Galil\u003C\/strong\u003E, the John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Goel\u003C\/strong\u003E, chief academic strategist for Coursera\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EDewayne Matthews\u003C\/strong\u003E, vice president for strategy development at Lumnia Foundation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJason Palmer\u003C\/strong\u003E, deputy director of postsecondary success for the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAmin Saberi\u003C\/strong\u003E, founder and CEO of NovoEd\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EScott Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E, senior vice president for human resources operations at AT\u0026amp;T\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESebastian Thrun\u003C\/strong\u003E, CEO and founder of Udacity\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u00b7\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ENathan Urban\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Dr. Frederick A. 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