{"336941":{"#nid":"336941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technology provides higher education with a bright future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology organized a national media roundtable Thursday to discuss the current state of online learning in higher education and how technology will help shape its future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProvost Rafael L. Bras hosted the event, \u201cTechnology and the Future of Online Higher Education,\u201d at the Carnegie Corporation of New York\u2019s headquarters in New York City.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere was universal agreement that technology maneuvered higher education to a new trajectory where teaching and learning are changing for the better. Panelists were optimistic about a new student-centered approach to higher education and agreed that massive open online courses (MOOCs) paved the way for that new path.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about is bringing education to many more students,\u201d Bras said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPanelists included the leading online platform providers \u2013 Anant Agarwal, the CEO of edX; Vivek Goel, the chief academic strategist for Coursera; and Sebastian Thrun, the CEO of Udacity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther panelists included: Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education; Dewayne Matthews, vice president for Strategy Development at the Lumina Foundation; Jason Palmer, deputy director for Postsecondary Success for the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation; Amin Saberi, CEO of NovoEd; Scott Smith, the senior vice president for Human Resources Operations at AT\u0026amp;T; and Nathan Urban, the interim provost at Carnegie Mellon University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Bras, other Georgia Tech panelists were: Nelson Baker, dean of Professional Education; Rich DeMillo, director of the Center for 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Century Universities; and Zvi Galil, dean of the College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoining the panelists were several reporters, who asked questions and helped guide the conversation. The reporters were: Nichole Dobo, The Hechinger Report; Tim Goral, University Business; Devon Haynie, U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report; Natalie Kitroeff, Bloomberg Businessweek; Melissa Korn, The Wall Street Journal and Tamar Lewin, The New York Times.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGalil and others touted Georgia Tech\u2019s online Master of Science degree in Computer Science, which launched in January and currently enrolls more than 1,268 students. The degree is a collaboration among Tech, AT\u0026amp;T and Udacity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program\u2019s low tuition cost \u2014 $6,600, compared to $46,000 for out-of-state tuition for an on-campus degree \u2014 has made it accessible and affordable to many students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the more engaging discussions focused on how to improve access for all students. The panelists noted there are tremendous opportunities to expose more students to college and help them succeed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese opportunities have yet to be achieved, but they are achievable, Bras said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of things we think we can not do with technology we can do and, in fact, are already doing,\u201d Bras said. \u201cWe are on the right track. The future is bright.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"National event organized by Georgia Tech examined what\u2019s next for online learning"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology organized a national media roundtable Thursday to discuss the current state of online learning in higher education and how technology will help shape its future.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology organized a national media roundtable Thursday to discuss the current state of online learning in higher education and how technology will help shape its future."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2014-10-24 08:00:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:19","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"336921":{"id":"336921","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech National Media Panel on Technology and the Future of Online Higher Education","body":null,"created":"1449245201","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:06:41","changed":"1475895051","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:51","alt":"Georgia Tech National Media Panel on Technology and the Future of Online Higher Education","file":{"fid":"200539","name":"panel_in_full.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/panel_in_full_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/panel_in_full_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4247206,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/panel_in_full_0.jpg?itok=o8td4OUF"}},"336891":{"id":"336891","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Provost Rafael L. 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