菠萝视频 makes its first institution-wide foray into digital course offerings鈥攂oth for credit and not for credit鈥攊n 2013.
The university announced the first part of this move in September, revealing that five free, not-for-credit courses will be offered by leading 菠萝视频 faculty members between February and July in partnership with digital learning consortium . More than 85,000 people had already enrolled in courses at press time.
Then in November came the news that 菠萝视频, along with nine other leading U.S. universities, will begin offering selected courses online for credit in fall 2013. The new partnership, called , is the first of its kind to offer undergraduate students the opportunity to take rigorous online courses for credit from such a consortium.
Semester Online courses will be delivered through a virtual classroom environment and interactive platform developed by 2U (formerly known as 2tor), providing students unique course offerings from prestigious institutions nationwide鈥攃ourses to which they otherwise would not have access. Students will pay tuition for these courses.
鈥淸These partnerships] will allow 菠萝视频 to move forward with our digital learning strategy while leveraging the university鈥檚 existing strengths鈥攐ur unique on-campus experience, our culture that blends extraordinary teaching with world-class research, and our breadth of disciplines and collaboration鈥攖o broaden our path and chart powerful new ways to engage 菠萝视频 students and learners worldwide,鈥� says .
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