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58 Professors Sign Letter Calling for Faculty Oversight of edX
Fifty-eight professors from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences requested in a letter Thursday to FAS Dean Michael D. Smith that he appoint a faculty committee to draft “ethical and educational principles” that would provide a framework for FAS engagement with HarvardX, the University’s curricular contributions to edX.
Letter from 58 Professors to Smith Addressing edX
Read the full text of a May 23 letter signed by 58 professors calling on Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith to appoint a faculty committee to draft guiding principles for interaction between FAS and HarvardX, which would then be put to a vote.
EdX More Than Doubles in Size with Addition of 15 New Schools
Fifteen institutions of higher education joined edX on Tuesday, expanding Harvard and MIT’s one-year-old virtual learning venture for the first time to Asia and more than doubling the rapidly expanding platform’s size.
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Government professor Michael J. Sandel delivers a “Justice” lecture in Sanders Theatre in a December 2012 file photo. Sandel’s teaching in the edX “Justice” course was criticized by philosophy professors at San Jose State University.
San Jose State Professors Criticize edX as ‘Social Injustice’
The Philosophy Department at San Jose State University condemned Harvard government professor Michael J. Sandel’s teaching of the edX course ER22x: “Justice” in an open letter sent this week.
Soledad Forum
Callie Crossley and Soledad M. O'Brien ’88-’00 (right) talk about the journalistic correspondence of the Boston bombing and O'Brien's family background at the IOP Forum. O'Brien is going to be a visiting fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education next year.
Rejecting edX, Amherst Doubts Benefits of MOOC Revolution
For the more than 60 percent of Amherst College professors who voted against partnering with edX, reaching hundreds of thousands of students around the world does not align with the college’s mission to be “a purposefully small residential community.”
San Jose State Integrates EdX Into Courses
San Jose State University will offer more courses that integrate Harvard’s virtual learning platform edX into their lesson plans, as well as work with other California universities to replicate this initiative at schools across the state, SJSU and edX announced Wednesday.
Study Finds Testing Helps Students Retain Information Taught Online
A new study conducted by psychology researchers at Harvard suggests that early and frequent testing improves students’ retention of educational material taught through a virtual platform.
Stanford To Collaborate with EdX on Online Learning Platform
Stanford University administrators have announced that they will begin to collaborate with edX to build upon the virtual learning initiative’s open source platform, which will be released to the public in June.
EdX Plans to Offer Popular Science and Cooking Course This Fall
This fall, thousands of students around the world will have a chance to whip chocolate emulsions under the guidance of culinary experts and Harvard professors with the launch of SPU27x: “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science.” The introduction of SPU27x will mark edX’s first course with a lab component.
Traveling in Asia, Faust Talks EdX
Kicking off a week-long trip to Asia, University President Drew G. Faust met with 30 alumni and business leaders in Hong Kong Monday to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by edX’s rapid growth.
EdX Considers Compensation Models
Gregory Nagy, a classical Greek literature professor who created CB22x: The Ancient Greek Hero for HarvardX, approximated that he spends about 25 hours a week working on his course above and beyond his other responsibilities—making his total professional workload more than 1.5 times as big as it would be otherwise.
EdX Will Be Capital Campaign Priority
HarvardX, a branch of Harvard and MIT’s joint virtual learning venture edX, will be a priority for Harvard’s upcoming capital campaign, University President Drew G. Faust told The Crimson on Wednesday.
