{"376161":{"#nid":"376161","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech MOOC Takes \u0027Robotics Lab\u0027 to the Masses","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEDU HARDWARE GETS A PROOF POINT: For those investors outside of what\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rteducation.com\/there-is-no-bubble-in-edtech\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMatt Greenfied describes\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as a \u0022small but hardy group of venture capitalists interested in consumer hardware,\u0022 consider this nifty online education innovation happening at Georgia Tech:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/o-botics.org\/robots\/quickbot\/mooc\/v1\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EQuickBot\u003C\/a\u003E, designed by Georgia Tech Robotics PhD, Rowland O\u0027Flaherty, is a sub-$300 solution for students in Dr. Magnus Egerstedt\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/conrob\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EControl of Mobile Robots MOOC\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that\u0027s taking their learning from theory to practice.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-10 10:07:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:52","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Free Samples","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/n\/2014-03-31-georgia-tech-mooc-takes-robotics-lab-to-the-masses","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}