Tag: Anant Agarwal

  • Nation & World

    Insights into online learning

    Pioneering online-learning initiative edX offers guidance and support as colleges sort out fall plans.

    5 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    On the frontiers of learning

    The president of edX, Anant Agarwal, sees the transformative possibilities of online education as also reshaping the way educators think about teaching and learning.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Education without limits

    Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, explained his vision for online learning during a GSE Askwith Forum.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Higher education on the move

    In online education, the future is now. That was an overriding message Harvard and MIT hosted a summit on March 3 and 4 titled “Online Learning and the Future of Residential Education.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Exploring edX 1.0

    MIT’s Anant Agarwal, who is the first president of edX, shared early results from the new online education venture’s first pilot course at the second annual Harvard IT Summit.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Educating Harvard, MIT — and the world

    Harvard and MIT are joining forces to launch edX, an open-source, online education platform. Leaders from both universities discussed how they hope to transform teaching and learning on campus and around the globe.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    MIT and Harvard announce edX

    Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced the launch of edX, a transformational partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners.

    4 minutes