John Timmer, Science Editor, Ars Technica

Prof Tweets About Course, Ends Up Moving Class Online

August 13, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

As more of the student population gets access to broadband connections, faculty at major universities are exploring how rich media and online interactivity can enhance, supplement, and even replace the classroom experience. In the latest development, a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas is going to experiment with replicating a graduate seminar online in order to serve a very specific function: providing graduate students at other institutions with access to a course that isn’t offered by their university.

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