Coursera—the online learning platform developed by Stanford computer science professors Daphne Koller Ph.D. ’94 and Andrew Ng—recently hosted the first massive open online course (MOOC) developed by an Asian university.
Udacity announced a partnership with San Jose State University (SJSU), bringing the online course platform to a physical campus in a move that San Jose State president Mohammad Qayoumi hopes will be a “game-changer.”
Although Stanford’s recent foray into online education has been met with praise from both faculty and students alike, faculty have raised concerns surrounding intellectual property rights in this space.
The Faculty Senate heard a report on online education for the second time in the past six months at its Thursday afternoon meeting in an effort to further explore faculty concerns with and goals for the rapidly developing field.
Kristin Sainani M.S. ’99 Ph.D. ’02, clinical assistant professor in health research and policy, is on a campaign against bad science writing.
Class2Go, a new massive online open course (MOOC) platform developed by a Stanford team, is joining the more established Coursera and Udacity platforms to offer a total of 16 courses this fall.